Timeline for A synonym for galvanise, without the shock factor
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| Nov 14, 2017 at 4:06 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | Embiggened? (sorry, but it's just such a good fit). Which have arisen from is a poor second. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 8:27 | comment | added | Nigel J | I think the original writer of the piece meant 'provoked by moral concerns', though whether or not that is a true understanding of how market systems actually work is another matter. 'Galvanized into action' is the meaning.books.google.com/ngrams/… | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 7:59 | answer | added | WS2 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 7:31 | comment | added | Xanne | damaged by? (I agree with your doubts about the logic and wonder what the original writer thought "galvanized by" meant here.) Possibly just use "affected by"? or "influenced by"? | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 7:05 | comment | added | user252723 | Impelled, urged, inspired, and stimulated all come to mind. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 6:46 | comment | added | mplungjan | Motivated would be a milder word. But why not galvanised? Some factory in India burns down or farmers burn down rain forest to plant whatever the corporations will pay the most for. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 6:43 | history | edited | JMP | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 13, 2017 at 6:40 | history | asked | user266686 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |