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inducement

noun
/ɪnˈdjuːsmənt/UK/ɪnˈdusmənt/CA

Etymology

From induce + -ment.

  1. derived from indūcō — “lead in, bring in, introduce”
  2. inherited from enducen
  3. suffixed as inducement — “induce + ment”

Definitions

  1. An incentive that helps bring about a desired state.

    • Flagellation, especially among Orientals, is considered as much a sexual inducement as any other form of aphrodisiac.
    • These policies were intended to change the situational inducements to crime by giving youths work.

  2. An introductory statement of facts or background information.

  3. The act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at…

    The act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inducement. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inducement. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at inducement

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA