The Only Use
provocation
in
The Great Gatsby
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- We were sitting at a table with a man of about my age and a rowdy little girl, who gave way upon the slightest provocation to uncontrollable laughter.†
p. 47.2provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
Definitions:
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(1)
(provocation) actions that cause a reaction--especially anger or violence
or:
the act of causing an angry or violent reaction - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)