<![CDATA[Incentivize]]>Motivate or encourage (someone) to do something; provide with an incentive.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/156348/incentivizeRSS for NodeSun, 05 Jul 2026 21:31:05 GMTFri, 31 Jul 2020 02:44:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Incentivize on Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:20:33 GMT]]>A corporate-jargon non-word meaning motivate, coined in 1968. Some 10 years later, it was shortened to the equally annoying verb [incent]. Unfortunately, both are recognized by both [Merriam-Webster] and the [OED].

The only respectable form of the word is the noun incentive.

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