stochastic terrorism
[ stuh-kas-tik ter-uh-riz-uh m ]
/ stəˈkæs tɪk ˈtɛr əˌrɪz əm /
noun
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.
Nearby words
stob, stoccado, stoccata, stochastic, stochastic matrix, stochastic terrorism, stochastic variable, stock, stock and station agent, stock boy, stock buyback
Origin of stochastic terrorism
First recorded in 2010–15
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