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発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛndɪəɹɪzm/

名詞

incendiarism (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 incendiarisms)

1. The act or practice of burning property; arson.
   • 1933, Public Management (volume 15, page 263)

     Incendiarism is a major fire problem in many cities; Mr. Fairtrace here recommends needed changes in insurance and fire protection methods.

   • 1976, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 110:

     In the surrounding black slums incendiarism shoots up in the summer, an index, soem say, of psychopathology. Although the love of flames it's also religious.