Incitement — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating

needed encouragement

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnsˈaɪtmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪnsˈaɪtmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪnsˈaɪtmənt/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪnsˈaɪtmənt/.

Examples

the incitement of mutiny
the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

exhortation incitation provocation

Parts of Speech

noun	an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating “the incitement of mutiny”
noun	needed encouragement “the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation”
noun	something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
noun	the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion

Word Forms

incite	verb	urge on; cause to act
provoke	verb	provide the needed stimulus for
exhort	verb	spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Anstiftung

ein Akt des Drängens, Anspornens oder Anregens zum Handeln oder Anstiften

🇫🇷French

incitation

un acte consistant à inciter, à inciter, à inciter à l'action ou à inciter

🇪🇸Spanish

incitación

un acto de instar, estimular o incitar a la acción o instigar

🇮🇹Italian

incitamento

un atto di sollecitazione, incitamento, incitamento all'azione o istigazione

🇳🇱Dutch

aansporing

een daad van aanzetten of aanzetten tot actie of aanzetten tot actie

🇵🇹Portuguese

incitamento

um ato de incitar, estimular ou estimular a ação ou instigar

🇷🇺Russian

подстрекательство

действие, направленное на побуждение, побуждение, побуждение к действию или подстрекательство

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शह

उकसाने या प्रेरित करने या कार्रवाई के लिए प्रेरित करने या उकसाने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

উসকানি

প্ররোচনা বা উদ্দীপনা বা কর্মে উদ্বুদ্ধ করার বা উস্কানি দেওয়ার একটি কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

தூண்டுதல்

தூண்டுதல் அல்லது தூண்டுதல் அல்லது செயலுக்கு தூண்டுதல் அல்லது தூண்டுதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రేరేపించడం

ప్రేరేపించడం లేదా ప్రేరేపించడం లేదా చర్యకు ప్రేరేపించడం లేదా ప్రేరేపించడం

🇮🇳Marathi

भडकावणे

कृती करण्यास उद्युक्त करणे किंवा उत्तेजन देणे किंवा उत्तेजन देणे किंवा चिथावणी देणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉશ્કેરણી

ક્રિયા કરવા અથવા ઉશ્કેરવા માટે વિનંતી કરવા અથવા ઉત્તેજન આપવાનું કાર્ય

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆ

ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ಕ್ರಿಯೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸುವ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രേരണ

പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ പ്രവർത്തനത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ പ്രേരിപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ ആയ ഒരു പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਕਸਾਉਣਾ

'ਤੇ ਜ਼ੋਰ ਦੇਣ ਜਾਂ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਲਈ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਜਾਂ ਭੜਕਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

اکسانا

پر زور دینے یا حوصلہ افزائی کرنے یا کارروائی کے لئے حوصلہ افزائی کرنے یا اکسانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

煽动

敦促或激励或唤醒采取行动或煽动的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

煽動

行動を促す、促進する、奮起させる、扇動する行為

🇰🇷Korean

자극

행동을 촉구하거나 부추기거나 선동하거나 선동하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự xúi giục

một hành động thúc giục hoặc thúc đẩy hoặc kích động hành động hoặc xúi giục

🇹🇭Thai

การยั่วยุ

การกระทำที่กระตุ้นหรือกระตุ้นหรือเร้าให้กระทำหรือยุยง

🇮🇩Indonesian

hasutan

tindakan mendesak atau memacu atau membangkitkan tindakan atau menghasut

🇵🇭Filipino

pag-uudyok

isang gawa ng paghihimok sa o pag-udyok sa o pagpukaw sa pagkilos o pag-uudyok

🇲🇾Malay

hasutan

perbuatan mendesak atau mendorong atau membangkitkan untuk bertindak atau menghasut

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تحريض

فعل الحث أو التحفيز أو التحريض على العمل أو التحريض

🇮🇷Persian

تحریک

عمل اصرار یا تحریک یا تحریک به عمل یا تحریک

🇹🇷Turkish

kışkırtma

harekete geçirme veya teşvik etme veya harekete geçirme veya kışkırtma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הֲסָתָה

מעשה של דחיפה או דרבן או גירוי לפעולה או הסתה

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