incitement
A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal wayA call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
» We must stop incitement of the weak.
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1 sensesA 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 sentencesWe must stop incitement of the weak.
The protesters were accused of incitement to violence.
This sort of racist incitement shouldn't be acceptable.
Incitement to suicide is a crime.
ruДоведение до самоубийства - уголовное преступление. — marafon
deDie Aufforderung zum Selbstmord ist eine Straftat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ksenia Aleksandrovna was charged with incitement to riot.
ruКсению Александровну обвинили в подстрекательстве к беспорядкам. — odexed
Translations
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Origin
From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“uFrom French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment.
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Forms
plural: incitementsSynonyms
3 synonyms- 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 wordsSee also
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