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Definition
actions that cause a reaction—especially anger or violence
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the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
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the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
- Phaedrus' provocation informed the Chairman that his substantive field was now philosophy, not English composition.Part 4 (18% in)
- He then sat down and penned, to the Chairman of the Committee on Analysis of Ideas and Methods at the University of Chicago, a letter which can only be described as a provocation to dismissal, in which the writer refuses to skulk quietly out the back door but instead creates a scene of such proportions the opposition is forced to throw him out the front door, thus giving weight to the provocation it didn't formerly have.Part 4 (18% in)
- He then sat down and penned, to the Chairman of the Committee on Analysis of Ideas and Methods at the University of Chicago, a letter which can only be described as a provocation to dismissal, in which the writer refuses to skulk quietly out the back door but instead creates a scene of such proportions the opposition is forced to throw him out the front door, thus giving weight to the provocation it didn't formerly have.Part 4 (18% in)
- And not just provocation to dismissal either.Part 4 (19% in)
- His provocation to dismissal was given an expected reception.Part 4 (20% in)
There are no more uses of "provocation" in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
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