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incitement

incitement

13 8.1
To encourage people to do something illegal or violent
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈsaɪtmənt/
  • NSFW
translation icon : incitación
  • Over the last decade, the internet has become the main stage for terrorist incitements.
  • incitement to violence
  • incitement to hatred
  • incitement to action

Yeah, to say a go get Nancy, that's incitement to violence.

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Examples

  • And when you look at what Tucker Carlson and some of these other folks on Fox do, it is very, very clearly incitement of violence.

  • The protest leader was arrested for incitement to violence during the demonstration.

  • And I think that that is in their view, they saw that as kind of incitement to criminal damage.

  • The calls for blood and violence in the streets echo incitement by Israeli government leaders.

    Blog text (17)
  • Palestinians either engaged in or turned a blind eye to terrorism, and incitement to violence continued.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The Court has explicitly stated that incitement is low-value speech not subject to First Amendment protection.

    Academic text (2017)
  • And finally, I think another red line is incitements or encouragements to violence and murder.

  • Terrorist incitement is not new, but social networks have vastly increased the span of its influence.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Part IV suggests how best to advance legislation for combating terrorist incitement, threats, and material support.

    Academic text (2017)
  • More possible would be closer monitoring of radical Islamist groups in order to counter incitement and preempt violence.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

instigation
vsincitement
5 7.5

The act of encouraging people to start trouble or a protest

is limited to urging illegal or violent acts rather than general provocation
abetment
vsincitement
1 9.5

Encouraging or helping someone to do something illegal

urges someone to do bad or violent acts without providing help
incitation
vsincitement
1 8.6

An action or speech that urges people to do something, often in a harmful way

targets urging of bad illegal or violent actions specifically
incendiary speech
vsincitement
  • Literature
8.7

A speech that makes people very angry or causes unrest

urges people specifically to commit bad or violent acts rather than just provoke feeling
inflaming
vsincitement
7.5

The act of causing strong, often angry feelings in people

pushes people toward illegal or violent actions rather than only stirring feeling

Antonyms

44 3.9

A rule or measure that limits what people can do

Making someone less willing to do something by saying you do not like it

How Provoking

incitement
  • NSFW
13 8.1
provocation
58 7.2
encouragement
89 1.7
suggestion
759 1.4

Surface Forms

incitement singular
incitements plural

Morphology

incitement = incite (transparent) = incite + ment

Formed by the verb 'incite' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ment', meaning 'the act or result of inciting', which is directly derivable.

Etymology

Incitement comes from in- 'into' and citare 'to move or call into action', the same root you see in excite, so think of it as 'pushing someone into action'. So incitement is the act of encouraging or urging someone to do something, often something bad or illegal.