Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incitement

/ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: in-cite-ment
IPA: /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least."
"Another element in the incitement, however unwitting, was political."
"In 2019, the F.B.I. cited QAnon as one of the dangerous conspiracy theories posing domestic terrorist threats to the United States and cited past incitements of violence from its adherents."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: incitement, incitāmentum

Inflected Forms

incitements (plural) encitement (alternative)

Derived Forms

nonincitement

Synonyms

incitation exhortation provocation

Rhymes With

excitement indictment

Questions

How do you pronounce incitement?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/.
What does incitement mean?: A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
Where does incitement come from?: It is traced to French.

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