provocation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.

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2. Something that provokes; a provocative act.

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   The Salzburg Festival stunned the musical world by hiring him to succeed the hallowed Herbert von Karajan, and Mr. Mortier spent the 1990s there scandalizing many of its tradition-minded, well-heeled opera patrons, the most notorious provocation being a production of Johann Strauss’s “Fledermaus” laced with cocaine and fornication and aimed at Austria’s far-right political forces.

3. The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.

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   When it's time to check for provocation, ask the patient about what makes their chief complaint better or worse.

Sostantivo

1. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

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   aggravationirritation

   Termini più generali

   aggression

2. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

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   incitementincitation

   Termini più generali

   psychic energymental energy

3. needed encouragement

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   incitement

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   encouragement

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   the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation