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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.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of stochastic terrorism1

First recorded in 2010–15

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