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incitement

American  
[in-sahyt-muhnt] / ɪnˈsaɪt mənt /

noun

  1. the act of inciting.

  2. the state of being incited.

  3. motive; incentive.


Other Word Forms

  • nonincitement noun

Etymology

Origin of incitement

1585–95; incite + -ment; compare Latin incitāmentum

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In July 2023, Liebich was sentenced by the Halle District Court in Saxon-Anhalt to a total of one year and six months in prison without parole for extreme right incitement to hatred, defamation, and insult.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The law also makes defamation, insults or racial incitement a crime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Tarazona, director of the rights NGO Fundaredes, has been imprisoned since July 2021 on charges of "terrorism," "treason" and "incitement to hatred."

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

We are well into week two of a sprawling and largely trivial national debate over free speech, incitement, culture, and the media.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2025

We were joined for two weeks by Walter, who had been on trial in Johannesburg for incitement to strike while I had been in Pretoria.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela