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Meaning of Incitement | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية التحريض تحريض
Català incitació
Ελληνικά ενθάρρυνση
Español incitación
فارسی تحریک
Հայերեն սադրանք
Bahasa Indonesia hasutan
日本語 扇動 教唆
한국어 교사 발기 선동
Македонски поттикнување
മലയാളം പ്രേരണ
Nederlands aansporing opruiing
Svenska uppvigling
Українська підбурювання
Tiếng Việt kích thích

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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