provocation
nounUS /ˌpɹɑvəˈkeɪʃən/ · UK /ˌpɹɒvəˈkeɪʃən/
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.
1
The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
2
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:
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Emergency medicine, Medicine, Sciences 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.
- Derived terms
- bronchoprovocation, nonprovocation, overprovocation, preprovocation, provocationism, provocationist
- Related terms
- provocateur, provocator, provoke