galvanizing
adjective
gal·va·niz·ing
ˈgal-və-ˌnī-ziŋ 
: stimulating in a way that provokes action or effort
… makes it easy to see he isn't the next Jordan, if only because he lacks the galvanizing effect on teammates that MJ had.—
Bill Simmons
Bill SimmonsThe causes of today's discontent … are less galvanizing because they are less susceptible to summation in pithy slogans like "stop the war" and "law and order."—George F. Will
George F. Will
galvanizingly
adverb
… he was still known to the world by the clipped, galvanizingly dramatic name under which he had emerged as the country's most prominent advocate of black nationalism: Malcolm X.
—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
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“Galvanizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/galvanizing. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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