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aansporing — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • excitation noun The act of stirring something into motion or rousing it up.
  • incentive noun Something that motivates or encourages a particular action.
  • incitement noun Words that urge someone to do something, often something against the law.
  • instigation noun The act of encouraging or pushing someone to do something, often something bad.

Senses

aansporing is used for these senses in English:

  • excitation The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  • incentive Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
  • incitement A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
  • instigation The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

excitation — full definition

  1. noun The act of stirring something into motion or rousing it up.
  2. noun The process of causing excitement, or the excitement that results from it.
  3. noun (physiology) The response produced in an organ or tissue, such as a nerve cell, when it is stimulated.
  4. noun (physics) The change of an atom, molecule or nucleus to a higher energy state after absorbing energy, the opposite of relaxation.
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