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provocationism

provocationism noun: a policy of agitation.

Noun

provocationism (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A policy of agitation.
    • However, when provocationism stalks strategically to condition workingmen, the mentioned city riff-raff, "the orthodox Marxists", to put a good style/face on their "turn-coat" reactivism, however involuntary, […]1991, György Lukács, Georg Lukacs's revolution and counter revolution (1918-1921)

Origin of provocationism

From provocation + -ism.

Questions about provocationism

What does provocationism mean?
Provocationism means a policy of agitation.
What part of speech is provocationism?
Provocationism is a noun.

Words near provocationism in the dictionary

  1. provocateurs
  2. provocateuse
  3. provocateuses
  4. provocating
  5. provocation
  6. provocationism
  7. provocationist
  8. provocationists
  9. provocations
  10. provocative
  11. provocatively

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