stochastic terrorism

[ stuh-kas-tik ter-uh-riz-uhm ]

noun

1. the public demonization of a person or group resulting in the incitement of a violent act, which is statistically probable but whose specifics cannot be predicted:

   The lone-wolf attack was apparently influenced by the rhetoric of stochastic terrorism.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stochastic terrorism¹

First recorded in 2010–15