Incentivized

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛn.tɪ.vaɪzd/

Definitions

1. Driven by offered advantages or rewards that stimulate involvement or achievement in specific activities or behaviors
2. Furnished with motivating incentives designed to boost participation or favorable performance in tasks or endeavors
3. Motivated by provided rewards that encourage engagement or successful outcomes in particular activities or undertakings

Etymology: Incentive began as a musical term. Its Latin source, "incentivum," likely derives from "incinere," meaning to strike up a tune, so the original sense was something that sets a tune going or stirs something into motion. The sense of spurring someone to action came later, and only afterward did the word take on its modern association with rewards and bonuses. Incentivized is simply incentive plus the verb-forming suffix "-ize," which passed into English through Latin from Greek "-izein," and the past-participle ending "-ed." The verb "incentivize" is a practical formation for offering rewards to encourage behaviour, and the participle describes whatever has been given such a reward to prompt a particular result.

Synonyms: motivated, encouraged, stimulated, induced, persuaded

Antonyms: discouraged, dissuaded