provocations
Acts inviting conflict
Provocations are actions or statements intended to anger, irritate, or incite a response.
The word often appears in contexts of conflict: He refused to respond to their provocations.
A provocation may be deliberate baiting or simply something that triggers a strong reaction: The article was full of provocations designed to generate outrage.
Test of ability
- tauntInsulting provocation
- insultOffensive remark or action
- affrontDeliberate public insult
- slightMinor or thin
goading · baiting · antagonism · aggression · hostility · jab · barb · dig
Provoking unlawful behavior
- instigationAct of provoking action
- justificationReason proving rightness
- defenseProtection against harm
- mitigationReduction of severity
self-defense · assault · retaliation · response · reasonable person · heat of passion · manslaughter · extenuating
What prompts a reaction
- catalystAgent enabling change
- spurIncentive or heel device
- promptIncite to action
- impetusForce initiating action
spark · trigger · inspiration · challenge · questioning · debate · discourse · inquiry
Disturbed, restless state
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
civil disobedience · unrest · uprising · sedition · insurrection · propaganda · leafleting · pamphlet
Work valuing notion over form
- performance artEmbodied creative expression
- installationProcess of putting in
- readymadePrepared in advance
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
Duchamp · transgression · shock value · boundary-pushing · avant-garde · subversion · critique · statement
challenge
Test of ability
slight · goading · baiting · antagonism · aggression · hostility · jab · barb · dig · needling
incitement
Provoking unlawful behavior
- instigationAct of provoking action
- justificationReason proving rightness
- defenseProtection against harm
mitigation · self-defense · assault · retaliation · response · reasonable person · heat of passion · manslaughter · extenuating · circumstances
stimulus
What prompts a reaction
impetus · spark · trigger · inspiration · challenge · questioning · debate · discourse · inquiry · thesis
agitation
Disturbed, restless state
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- dissentDisagreement with authority
resistance · civil disobedience · unrest · uprising · sedition · insurrection · propaganda · leafleting · pamphlet · manifesto
conceptual art
Work valuing notion over form
- performance artEmbodied creative expression
- installationProcess of putting in
- readymadePrepared in advance
Duchamp · intervention · transgression · shock value · boundary-pushing · avant-garde · subversion · critique · statement · manifesto
- tauntstaunts, taunt, taunting, neener neener, insults
- avant-gardeDada, Dadaism, Futurism, Constructivism, Cabaret Voltaire
- military posturingsaber rattling, show of force, posturing, brinkmanship, brinksmanship
- Reggio Emiliaatelier, documentation, portfolios, light table, light tables
- openersbottle opener, can opener, corkscrew, church key, churchkey
- Ideationbrainstorming, mind mapping, idea generation, ideas, brain dump
provocationsconciliations
Acts of restoring goodwill
peace offerings · olive branches · appeasements · reconciliations · de-escalations
provocationsreassurances
Statements restoring confidence
comforts · pacifications · consolations · balms · salves
provocationsdisincentives
Things discouraging action
deterrents · discouragements · dissuasions · restraints · checks