incitement
Urging toward violence
Incitement is the act of urging or provoking someone toward action, typically something harmful or unlawful: incitement to violence, incitement to riot.
The word carries legal weight—speech that constitutes incitement may not be protected.
To incite is to stir up or provoke: The article incited outrage.
Insulting provocation
- goadIncite to action
- instigationAct of provoking action
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
- inflammatoryTending to provoke outrage
enrage · affront · fomentation · instigator · aggravation · escalation · baiting · needling
taunt
Insulting provocation
- goadIncite to action
- instigationAct of provoking action
- antagonismActive opposition or hostility
inflammatory · enrage · affront · fomentation · instigator · aggravation · escalation · baiting · needling · stirring
unrest
State of public disturbance
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- riotViolent public disturbance
- rebellionDefiance of established power
uprising · insurrection · revolt · mutiny · sedition · disorder · disturbance · tumult · chaos · strife
catalyst
Agent enabling change
incentive · encouragement · inspiration · prompt · urge · drive · impulse · spur · stimulus · inducement
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- intimidationthreats, threatening, menacing, intimidate, bullying
- provocationbaiting, goading, taunting, instigation, needling
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- promptsprompt, prompts, prompting, cue, hint
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
incitementdiscouragement
Loss of confidence
deterrence · dissuasion · disincentive · hindrance · restraint
incitementpacification
Restoring calm after conflict
calming · subduing · soothing · mollification · appeasement
incitementpeacemaking
Resolving conflicts through negotiation
reconciliation · peacekeeping · conciliation · mediation · stabilization