Dictionary

provocation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌpɹɒvəˈkeɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English provocacioun, from Old French provocacion, from Late Latin prōvocātiō, prōvocātiōnem, from Latin prōvocō. By surface analysis, provoke + -ation. Doublet of provokatsiya.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something that provokes; a provocative act.
   • The Salzburg Festival stunned the musical world by hiring him to succeed the hallowed Herbert von Karajan, and Mr. Mortier spent the 1990s there scandalizing many of its tradition-minded, well-heeled opera patrons, the most notorious provocation being a production of Johann Strauss’s “Fledermaus” laced with cocaine and fornication and aimed at Austria’s far-right political forces. 2007 February 28, Daniel J. Wakin, “City Opera Lures Director From Paris”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021:
3. (countable, uncountable) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
   • When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.

Forms

Deriveds

preprovocation · nonprovocation · bronchoprovocation · provocationism · overprovocation · provocationist

Relateds

provoke · provocateur · provocator

Translations (47)

ur اَشْتِعال (act of provoking) · be правака́цыя (act of provoking) · ja 挑発 (act of provoking) · nl provocatie (act of provoking) · ro provocare (act of provoking) · sl provokacija (act of provoking) · lv provocēšana (act of provoking) · tr kışkırtma (act of provoking) · ms provokasi (act of provoking) · dsb prowokacija (act of provoking) · id provokasi (act of provoking) · ga saighdeadh (act of provoking) · fa پرووکاسیون (act of provoking) · cmn 挑釁 /挑衅 (act of provoking) · de Provokation (act of provoking) · az təxribat (act of provoking) · tr provokasyon (act of provoking) · ga gríosú (act of provoking) · fi provokaatio (act of provoking) · yi פראוועקאציע (act of provoking) · cy pryfociad (act of provoking) · bg провока́ция (act of provoking) · fr provocation (act of provoking) · eo provoko (act of provoking) · pl prowokacja (act of provoking) · uk провока́ція (act of provoking) · it provocazione (act of provoking) · el προβοκάτσια (act of provoking) · az provokasiya (act of provoking) · sh провока́ција (act of provoking) · ur اَشْتِعال اَنگیزی (act of provoking) · mk провокација (act of provoking) · sh provokácija (act of provoking) · es provocación (act of provoking) · lv provokācija (act of provoking) · gl provocación (act of provoking) · sv provokation (act of provoking) · ar إِثَارَة (act of provoking) · ar اِسْتِفْزَاز (act of provoking) · cs provokace (act of provoking) · ko 도발 (act of provoking) · cy cythrudd (act of provoking) · ru провока́ция (act of provoking) · sk provokácia (act of provoking) · pt provocação (act of provoking) · hu provokáció (act of provoking) · ka პროვოკაცია (act of provoking)