provocation
pronunciation
How to pronounce provocation in British English:
UK [ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃn]
How to pronounce provocation in American English:
US [ˌprɑvəˈkeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
- something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- needed encouragement
Word Origin
- provocation (n.)
- c. 1400, from Old French provocacion (12c.) and directly from Latin provocationem (nominative provocatio) "a calling forth, a summoning, a challenge," noun of action from past participle stem of provocare "to call out" (see provoke).
Synonym
impulse spur incentive inveiglement grounds goad motivation jog fillip temptation inducement push stimulus cause prod
summoning enkindling kindling up rousing stirring instigating agitating actuating impassioning initiating whipping arousing elicitation instigation initiation forth calling actuation provaking agitation