stochastic terrorism

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

/ 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.

Words nearby stochastic terrorism

stoating, stob, stoccado, 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