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- Dictionaryincitement/ɪnˈsʌɪtm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the action of provoking unlawful behaviour or urging someone to behave unlawfully: "this amounted to an incitement to commit murder"
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INCITEMENT definition: 1. the act of encouraging someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent: 2. the act of…. Learn more.
The meaning of INCITE is to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on. How to use incite in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Incite.
If someone is accused of incitement to violent or illegal behaviour, they are accused of encouraging people to behave in that way.
1. to urge (someone) to do something. He incited the people to rebel against the king. incitar, provocar. 2. to stir up or cause.
an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating. “the incitement of mutiny”. synonyms: incitation. see more. noun.
INCITE definition: 1. to encourage someone to do or feel something unpleasant or violent: 2. to encourage someone to…. Learn more.
incitement (to something) the act of encouraging somebody to do something violent, illegal or unpleasant. incitement to racial hatred; incitement to murder
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot. Synonyms: exhort, arouse, spur, goad, provoke, instigate, induce, fire. Antonyms: discourage. incite. / ɪnˈsaɪt /.
Incite definition: to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action. See examples of INCITE used in a sentence.
Incite means simply to induce activity, of whatever kind: incited to greater effort by encouragement; incited to riot. Rouse has an underlying sense of awakening: to rouse the apathetic soldiers to a determination to win; to rouse the inattentive public to an awareness of the danger.
