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inciting

adj.
C1 Advanced US //ˌɪnˈsaɪtɪŋ// UK //ɪnsˈaɪtɪŋ// in·cit·ing

adj. describing something that encourages or starts a specific action, especially something negative like a fight or a protest.

adj. serving to provoke, stir up, or urge on a specific course of action. Often used as a participial adjective to describe speech or events that trigger conflict or unrest.


SIMPLE

The speaker used inciting language to start a protest.

CONTEXTUAL

The court examined whether the inciting speech directly led to the violence that followed the rally.

COMPLEX

Legal scholars often debate the fine line between protected free expression and inciting rhetoric that poses an immediate threat to public safety and order.

Synonyms
Usage

Often used as a participial adjective before a noun like 'incident', 'speech', or 'event'.

Pitfall

He was inciting of the crowd.He was inciting the crowd.When used as a verb form, it is transitive and takes a direct object without a preposition.

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