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incitement

noun
/ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/

Etymology

From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment.

  1. derived from incitāmentum
  2. derived from incitement

Definitions

  1. A call to act

    A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

    • The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least.
    • Another element in the incitement, however unwitting, was political.
    • In 2019, the F.B.I. cited QAnon as one of the dangerous conspiracy theories posing domestic terrorist threats to the United States and cited past incitements of violence from its adherents.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA