fomenter
One who incites
A fomenter is someone who stirs up trouble or incites unrest.
The word carries negative connotations—you foment rebellion, discord, or violence, not peace: The government accused him of being a fomenter of revolution.
The related verb foment originally meant to apply warm liquids to the body, but now almost exclusively means to instigate or promote something undesirable.
One who stirs dissent
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
- inciterOne who provokes action
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
instigator · demagogue · radical · revolutionary · subversive · seditionist · insurgent · anarchist
Defiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
sedition · discord · strife · dissent · resistance · riot · coup · insurgency
Lack of agreement
- tensionStretched or strained state
- divisionSplitting into parts
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
friction · strife · feud · rift · schism · antagonism · dissension · quarrel
Act of provoking action
- provocationAct that triggers response
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- stirringArousing strong emotion
- spurringInciting to action
kindling · ignition · whipping up · agitation · goading · stoking · fueling · fanning
rabble-rouser
One who stirs dissent
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
- inciterOne who provokes action
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
troublemaker · instigator · demagogue · radical · revolutionary · subversive · seditionist · insurgent · anarchist · disruptor
rebellion
Defiance of established power
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
mutiny · sedition · discord · strife · dissent · resistance · riot · coup · insurgency · subversion
discord
Lack of agreement
hostility · friction · strife · feud · rift · schism · antagonism · dissension · quarrel · dispute
instigation
Act of provoking action
- provocationAct that triggers response
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- stirringArousing strong emotion
spurring · kindling · ignition · whipping up · agitation · goading · stoking · fueling · fanning · triggering
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- dissidentsdissident, dissidents, dissenter, rebel, Sakharov
- ringleadersringleader, ring leader, mastermind, kingpin, mob boss
fomenterpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
reconciler · mediator · uniter · conciliator · pacifier
fomenterstabilizer
Thing ensuring steadiness
peacekeeper · preserver · maintainer · conservator · upholder
fomentercalmer
More composed
soother · pacifier · stabilizer · mollifier · tranquilizer
foment, fomenting, fomentation, fomented, foments, fomenters