provocation
pro vuh kay shuhn
- n unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
- n something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
- n needed encouragement
the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation
- I was the provocation, beingin the eyes of the mobthe detestable spawn of her traitorous union with a Westerner.
- Teachers talk approvingly of "fun provocation going on in the 3s.
- Where Kawakubo ventures, other designers will inevitably followher influence fueled by her consistent provocation.