English

Noun

incendiarism ‎(plural incendiarisms)

1. The act or practice of burning property; arson.
2. (figuratively) Inflammatory or provocative action; instigation.
   • 2012, Piers Brendon, ‘Beginning the Dissent’, Literary Review, vol. 401:

     But the charge sheet is not just a recapitulation of instances of imperial incendiarism, such as the Amritsar massacre or the bombings of Iraqi villages.