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单词 incitement
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Definition of incitement in English:

incitement

noun ɪnˈsʌɪtm(ə)ntɪnˈsaɪtmənt
  • mass noun, often with infinitive The action of provoking unlawful behaviour or urging someone to behave unlawfully.

    this amounted to an incitement to commit murder
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His team talks prior to Lansdowne games were incitements to mayhem.
    • The review is there as a guideline, as an incitement, or perhaps at times merely a provocation.
    • American authorities say they are working on a directive that would ban hate speech and incitements to violence and create a system for registering publications to lend some order to the media landscape.
    • Drink was their worst failing and the Duke of Wellington was not far wrong when he complained that it was one of the biggest and most dubious incitements to recruitment.
    • Abetting describes any incitement or encouragement to do so.
    Synonyms
    egging on, urging, goading, spurring on, motivation, persuasion, inducement
    instigation, encouragement, stirring up, whipping up, stoking up, kindling, fuelling, stimulation, provocation, arousing, rousing, fomentation
    literary enkindling
 
 

Definition of incitement in US English:

incitement

nounɪnˈsaɪtməntinˈsītmənt
  • often with infinitive The action of provoking unlawful behavior or urging someone to behave unlawfully.

    this amounted to an incitement to commit murder
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The review is there as a guideline, as an incitement, or perhaps at times merely a provocation.
    • American authorities say they are working on a directive that would ban hate speech and incitements to violence and create a system for registering publications to lend some order to the media landscape.
    • Drink was their worst failing and the Duke of Wellington was not far wrong when he complained that it was one of the biggest and most dubious incitements to recruitment.
    • Abetting describes any incitement or encouragement to do so.
    • His team talks prior to Lansdowne games were incitements to mayhem.
    Synonyms
    egging on, urging, goading, spurring on, motivation, persuasion, inducement
 
 
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