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noun unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
noun something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
noun needed encouragement
originFrom Middle English provocacioun, from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin prōvocātiō, prōvocātiōnem, from Latin prōvocō. By surface analysis, provoke + -ation. Doublet of provokatsiya.
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