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incitement

(ɪnsaɪtmənt)
Word forms: plural incitements
variable noun
If someone is accused of incitement to violent or illegal behaviour, they are accused of encouraging people to behave in that way.
British law forbids incitement to murder. [+ to]
He still faces charges of incitement.
...an incitement to religious hatred.
Synonyms: provocation, prompting, encouragement, spur More Synonyms of incitement

Examples of 'incitement' in a sentence
incitement

The picture then becomes not a picture at all but an incitement to righteous hatred and disgust.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It would not pass over the threshold for incitement to religious hatred.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His conviction yesterday for incitement to racial hatred and murder has provided some answers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He called for religion not to be made the subject of new incitement to hatred laws.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There are calls for him to be charged with incitement to murder.
The Sun (2012)
He was jailed in 2006 for incitement to murder and incitement to hatred offences.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He has ten convictions, including five for incitement to hatred.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Let's try using the laws on incitement to racial or religious hatred.
The Sun (2013)
The way things are going, he was lucky not to be arrested for incitement to class hatred.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is incitement to hatred.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
 Laws against incitement already exist.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Act covering incitement to murder.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
incitement

British English: incitement NOUN
If someone is accused of incitement to violent or illegal behaviour, they are accused of encouraging people to behave in that way.
The law forbids incitement to violence.
  • American English: incitement
  • Brazilian Portuguese: incitação
  • Chinese: 煽动
  • European Spanish: instigación
  • French: incitation
  • German: Aufhetzung
  • Italian: istigazione
  • Japanese: 扇動
  • Korean: 선동
  • European Portuguese: incitação
  • Latin American Spanish: instigación

(noun) 
an incitement to rioting
Synonyms
provocation
The soldiers fired without provocation.
prompting
The refugees need no prompting to describe what happened to them.
encouragement
She had needed no encouragement to accept the invitation.
spur
Redundancy is the spur for many to embark on new careers.
motive
Police have ruled out robbery as a motive for the killing.
motivation
Money is my motivation.
impulse
Their impulse of broadcasting was for human rights.
stimulus
Falling interest rates could be a stimulus to the economy.
impetus
She needed a new impetus for her talent.
agitation
He was in a state of emotional agitation.
inducement
They offer every inducement to encourage investment.
goad
His distrust only acted as a goad to me to prove him wrong.
instigation
The talks are taking place at the instigation of Germany.
clarion call

Additional synonyms

in the sense of agitation
He was in a state of emotional agitation.
Synonyms
turmoil,
worry,
trouble,
upset,
alarm,
confusion,
excitement,
disturbance,
distraction,
upheaval,
stimulation,
flurry,
outcry,
clamour,
arousal,
ferment,
disquiet,
commotion,
fluster,
lather (informal),
incitement,
tumult,
discomposure,
tizzy, tizz or tiz-woz (informal)
in the sense of encouragement
She had needed no encouragement to accept the invitation.
Synonyms
urging,
prompting,
stimulus,
persuasion,
coaxing,
egging on,
incitement
in the sense of goad
Definition
something that provokes someone to take some kind of action
His distrust only acted as a goad to me to prove him wrong.
Synonyms
incentive,
urge,
spur,
motivation,
pressure,
stimulus,
stimulation,
impetus,
incitement

Nearby words of
incitement

  • incisive
  • incisiveness
  • incite
  • incitement
  • incivility
  • inclemency
  • inclement

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