incitement vs incentive

[micaelo]

Hello again, I keep having problems with multiple-cloze exercises. Let's see what you think of this one:
"My job is so enjoyable and generously paid that I have little ................. to look for promotion elsewhere"
a. incitement b. influence c. incentive d. instigation
Apparently, the correct answer is "incentive", but I really can't see why "incitement" is not possible , as it means "motive".
Thanks

[Casiopea]

Incitement from incite, meaning to urge, to provoke.

[Noego]

Incentive:
"If something is an incentive to do something, it encourages you to do it."

Incitement:

"If someone is accused of incitement to violent or illegal behaviour, they are accused of encouraging people to behave in that way."

I didn't think those two definitions really provided a clear answer so I looked up incite and this is what I got:

"to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent"

As incitement is a derivative of incite, I think you should probably get a really good idea as to why incitement is not correct.

Cheers.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Noego

As incitement is a derivative of incite, I think you should probably get a really good idea as to why incitement is not correct.

Provoke kind of says it all, wouldn't you agree?

[Noego]

Yes, I think provoke does. I think it's a good thing you added provoke as urge doesn't quite does it.

Micaelo, in case you'd like a definition of provoke:

"If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively."