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Definition of Provocativeness
1. n. Quality of being provocative.
Definition of Provocativeness
1. Noun. The quality of being provocative ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Provocativeness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provocativeness
Literary usage of Provocativeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1913)
"no doubt, that as the coarser method is reduced more and more to a means of
preliminary exploration, its provocativeness will steadily decrease. ..."
2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"On the strength of this in September, 1606, a procession of special provocativeness
was held; and a riot of corresponding vehemence ensued, which the town ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"On the strength of this in September, 1606, a procession of special provocativeness
was held ; and a riot of corresponding vehemence ensued, which the town ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1894)
"Thus grew to its maturity what our author satirically, but perhaps with an unwise
provocativeness, brands as the ' Glacial nightmare. ..."
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