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Instigation

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of instigating; incitement, as to wrong-doing; temptation; prompting.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the verbal act of urging on

n. deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)

Word Usage

"But Charles and his audience believe that I was responsible for MSNBC's comments about LGF, either through direct instigation, which is false, or through indirect provocation through my two posts mentioning the site."

Hypernym

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encouragement trigger induction initiation

Synonym

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incitement

Rhyme

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