Dictionary

incitement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
   • 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. 2020 April 8, Charlie Warzel, “Is QAnon the Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theory of the 21st Century?”, in The New York Times:
   • 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. 2019 April 12, Roger Cohen, “The Incitement in Israel That Killed Yitzhak Rabin”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Deriveds

nonincitement

Translations (46)

cs podněcování (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · hu felbujtás (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · de Anstiftung (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ro incitație (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · la incitamentum (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · fr incitation (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ro stârnire (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · cs pobuřování (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · cmn 煽動 /煽动 (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · sl hujskanje (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · it istigazione (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · es incitación (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · pt incitamento (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · sl ščuvanje (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · de Verhetzung (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · bg подбу́да (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · fr instigation (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · hy սադրանք (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · fi yllyttäminen (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · sl pobuda (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · mi kaikaiwaiūtanga (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ru подстрека́тельство (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ja 扇動 (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · la calcar (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · nl aansporing (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ko 선동 (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · sl napeljevanje (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ca incitació (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · mk поттикнување (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · fi kiihottaminen (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · uk підбу́рювання (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · nl opruiing (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · bg подстрека́телство (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ml പ്രേരണ (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · tg таҳрик (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ar تَحْرِيض (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · fi kehottaminen (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · be падбухто́рванне (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · fa تحریک (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · sk podnecovanie (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · txb ṣertwe (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · ro incitare (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · pl podburzanie (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · it incitamento (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · pt incitação (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion) · pl podżeganie (a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion)