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incitement

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/

The English word “incitement” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

Etymology

From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment.

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