incitement
pronunciation
How to pronounce incitement in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsaɪtmənt]
How to pronounce incitement in American English:
US [ɪnˈsaɪtmənt]
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- Noun:
- an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
- needed encouragement
- something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
Word Origin
- incitement (n.)
- 1590s, from incite + -ment.
Example
- 1. Gay groups blamed the tabloids for incitement .
- 2. Both officers were brought before the courts earlier this month , and charged with incitement to mutiny .
- 3. In the new york times paul krugman poured scorn over europe 's politicians , collectively , in terms that , had he used them about say , black people , he would have been all but up for incitement to racial hatred .
- 4. She repeated u. s.calls on israel to stop settlement activity and the palestinians to end incitement and bolster security .
- 5. He described some messages posted on social media sites as " really inflammatory , inaccurate " and said police would consider arresting people using twitter in relation to incitement to violence .