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Incitement

Noun CEFR B2
ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt

Definitions

A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

Equivalents

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Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Incitements Inciter Incites Inciting incitor incitress

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