inchcrement 

To work up to something slowly in very small increments. As Moe Howard said, "Inch by inch, step by step."

The lake water was really cold and I went in by small inchcrements.

inchcrement by Alley Cat Smith October 6, 2010

incrementalism 

The slippery slope that often causes generally principled people to slide into unethical behavior.

Although we have all come to understand that the Fraudster in Chief has no internal ethics compass to begin with, it seems more likely that many of the lifelong public servants who wound up in his thugsphere fell victim to what philosopher Jonathan Glover describes as the following process: “Incrementalism is how we slide into participation by imperceptible degrees so there is never the sense of a frontier being crossed.”

incrementalism by Dr Bunnygirl November 12, 2019

Incrementalism 

The philosphy of acheiving great things in a series of many small steps.

There have been many incrementalist designers who have taken years to perfect their visions.

Incrementalism by Edd Rayner February 11, 2004

incrementation 

the term for "increment" after 6 months of consecutively getting crunk 3-4 days out of the week. Incrementation is the product of learning more complex words while losing your brain's natural ability to pronounce them do to alcohol and drugs. It is synonymous with signification, examinaplicability, groundification, multiplicability-ness, and using words like atbrosphere and ill nanas in an environmental science research paper.

John, tell me the incrementation on the graduated cylinder, I really want to bust a nut on this lab report.

The incrementation on the posterior node imparts a subtle irregularity with modern geological constructs, and the overall validity of paleontology as a well-founded institution!

incrementation by dr kenneth noisewater May 10, 2009

incremental anal 

Slowly taking it up the ass over a period of time so that you do not feel the effects of an invasion of your personal liberty or of that of your distinct social group.

Wow, that OPD raid sucked. But what do people think. They've let corporate America fuck them up the ass for years for years without saying anything as their individual freedoms were slowly eroded. It's like incremental anal.

incremental anal by pcdbob October 30, 2011

incremental morale degradation 

A step by step reduction in the psychological condition of an individual or group.

Despite being fully capable of success, Joe went through incremental morale degradation over the period of several years and no longer wanted to succeed.

Incremental morale degradation struck the heart of the soccer team. What started as confidence and hope for an easy win turned into a psychological train wreck.

They used incremental morale degradation techniques against the troops. Surrender seemed like the only option.

incremental morale degradation by Ontological June 24, 2018

INCREMENTALITY 

The belief or mindset that anything can be accomplished if you tackle it one small step at a time. The frame of mind that is the opposite of "all or nothing" thinking. Phrases a person with a positive incrementality might use include "baby steps", "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time", and "start small and build." "Slow and steady wins the race" is the motto of the person who possesses incrementality. This is the tortoise, not the hare.

Start small; develop incrementality!

Her incrementality helped her to make major lifestyle changes one baby step at a time.

INCREMENTALITY by Carlyweb December 11, 2011