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Word entry · 10 letters

incitement

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"Provocation"

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10 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/Part of speech nounSorted ceeiimnnttStarts with IEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating

Word origin

From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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