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provocation

/ provocation /

noun

noun Sense 1

needed encouragement

"the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"

Type of:

encouragement

Kinds of:

subornation

Derived:

motivate actuate propel move prompt

noun Sense 2

unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

Type of:

aggression

Kinds of:

aggro last straw twit taunt taunting

Derived:

harass hassle harry chivy chivvy

noun Sense 3

something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

Type of:

psychic energy mental energy

Kinds of:

signal

Derived:

arouse elicit enkindle kindle evoke

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