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[ in-sahyt-muhnt ] / ɪnˈsaɪt mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR incitement ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe act of inciting. the state of being incited. motive; incentive. Origin of incitement1585–95; incite + -ment; compare Latin incitāmentum OTHER WORDS FROM incitementnon·in·cite·ment, nounWords nearby incitementincisor canal, incisors, incisory, incisure, incite, incitement, incivility, incl., inclasp, inclement, inclinable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for incitementThis is supposed to act as a deterrent, but may be an incitement. In Jerusalem Home Demolitions, the Biblical Justice of Revenge|Creede Newton|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST There have been reflexive attempts to associate some recent mass shooters with the right-wing politics of incitement. Hatriot Politics Created the Las Vegas Killers|John Avlon|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Prime Minister of Israel has been known to angrily decry anti-Israel incitement among Palestinians, and he is right to do so. Why Are Israelis Tone Deaf to Incitement Against Palestinians?|Emily L. Hauser|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST What, then, are we to make of two stories of incitement that came out of Israel just this week? Why Are Israelis Tone Deaf to Incitement Against Palestinians?|Emily L. Hauser|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But others see the call by Al Sissi as incitement to more trouble and instability. Egypt on the Brink|Sophia Jones|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST But, passing from that incitement, Paul rests his plea on deeper grounds. Expositions of Holy Scripture|Alexander Maclaren A religious faith is therefore the most powerful of all restraints from evil and incitement to good. The Ladies Book of Useful Information|Anonymous Our mother is dead indeed, but then what befell her might be an instruction to us to caution, and not an incitement to wickedness. The Antiquities of the Jews|Flavius Josephus Whereas the possession of Mrs. Schomberg was no incitement to a display of manly virtues. He valued the old nobility and the new, not as an excuse for inglorious sloth, but as an incitement to virtuous activity. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke|Edmund Burke
Words related to incitementinstigation, provocation, stimulus, incitation, incentive |