Meaning

1 senses
  1. 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.

    Anstiftung, Verhetzung

    подстрека́тельствоpodstrekátelʹstvo

    підбу́рюванняpidbúrjuvannja

    needed encouragement

Examples

6 sentences
  1. We must stop incitement of the weak.

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  2. The protesters were accused of incitement to violence.

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  3. This sort of racist incitement shouldn't be acceptable.

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  4. Incitement to suicide is a crime.

    ruДоведение до самоубийства - уголовное преступление.

    deDie Aufforderung zum Selbstmord ist eine Straftat.

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  5. Ksenia Aleksandrovna was charged with incitement to riot.

    ruКсению Александровну обвинили в подстрекательстве к беспорядкам.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion:
Русский
By meaning 1
a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion:

Origin

From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“u

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

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Forms

plural: incitements

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action:incitationprovocation
  • an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating:incitation
  • the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion:exhortation
  • needed encouragement:provocation

Word family

2 related words
Relatedincite

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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