Incitement

//ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating wordnet
  3. 3
    the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion wordnet
  4. 4
    needed encouragement wordnet
  5. 5
    something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action wordnet

Synonyms

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enticementexhortationimpetusincentiveincitationprovocation

Example

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"All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against all types of discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to any form of discrimination."

Etymology

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

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