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incentivized

in·cen·ti·vize
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-sen-ti-vahyz]
    • /ɪnˈsɛn tɪˌvaɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-sen-ti-vahyz]
    • /ɪnˈsɛn tɪˌvaɪz/

Definitions of incentivized word

  • verb with object incentivized to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs. 1
  • noun incentivized Simple past tense and past participle of incentivize. 1
See all 2 definitions of incentivized

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Origin of incentivized

First appearance:

before 1965
One of the 2% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1965-70

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Parts of speech for Incentivized

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Incentivized

incentivized popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for incentivized

verb incentivized

  • encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
  • excited — awakened
  • stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • actuated — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • energized — Simple past tense and past participle of energize.
All 14 Synonyms of incentivized

Antonyms for incentivized

verb incentivized

  • deterred — to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
  • discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.

noun incentivized

  • disincentivized — Simple past tense and past participle of disincentivize.
All 3 Antonyms of incentivized

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