provocation

Found in thesaurus: aggression, mental energy, psychic energy, encouragement

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provocation

n. instigation, incitement; stimulation, arousal; annoyance, vexation, exasperation

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Provocation

Provocation and provoke may refer to:

Provocation (legal), a type of legal defense in court which claims the "victim" provoked the accused's actions
Agent provocateur, a (generally political) group that tries to goad a desired response from the group or otherwise disrupt its activity
Provocation test, a way of medical testing for conditions such as an allergy by provoking the immune system's response
Provoke (album), a 1998 album by Altar and their final release on Displeased Records
Provoke (magazine), a Japanese photography and arts magazine, 1967–1968
Provoked (film), a 2007 British film starring Aishwarya Rai and Naveen Andrews
Provoked (album), a 2008 album by Henry Rollins
Provoked (Sunny Sweeney album), a 2014 album by Sunny Sweeney
Provoke (horse), a racehorse

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provocation

Noun
1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
(synonym) aggravation, irritation
(hypernym) aggression
(hyponym) aggro
(derivation) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
(synonym) incitement, incitation
(hypernym) psychic energy, mental energy
(hyponym) signal
(derivation) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
3. needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
(synonym) incitement
(hypernym) encouragement
(hyponym) subornation
(derivation) provoke, stimulate

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provocation

nf. provocation, incitement

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provocation

n. provokace