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"roman": "mustafiz",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "مُسْتَفِز"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "pravakacýjny",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "правакацы́йны"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "provokirašt",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "провокиращ"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provocador"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provocatiu"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provokativní"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provocatief"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provosoiva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provokatiivinen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
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"word": "provocatrice"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provokant"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proklitikós",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "προκλητικός"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provokatív"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provokatif"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "procace"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "attraente"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "whakataratara"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "whakatumatuma"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provoserende"
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"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "prowokacyjny"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "provokaciónnyj",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "провокацио́нный"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "provokatívnyj",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "провокати́вный"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provocador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "provocativo"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "provokacíjnyj",
"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "провокаці́йний"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "tending to provoke strong negative feeling",
"word": "провокати́вний"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzbuždašt",
"sense": "tending to arouse sexual interest",
"word": "възбуждащ"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "tending to arouse sexual interest",
"word": "provokatorinen"
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"code": "el",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tending to arouse sexual interest",
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"ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 165:",
"text": "[A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action.",
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