instigator
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6.8
- noun
- /ˈɪnstɪˌɡeɪtər/
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instigador
- She was known as the instigator of many heated debates in the classroom.
I'm not saying he was the instigator of the Holocaust, but he did.
- I'm not saying he was the instigator of the Holocaust, but he did.
- And damn near were you the instigator of those fights?
- But he was one of the main instigators.
- And then in China and in North Korea, Do you see North Korea being a potential instigator of a nuclear war?
- And that means that whomever is viewed as the instigator of this public call for accountability is the enemy.
- He was, he was an instigator on the New York Rangers.
- You know, all we got is models for instigators, The the, the professional agitators.
- And it's alleged that I was an instigator.
- He did not seek to follow someone and kill them and it didn't wasn't the instigator the whole time.
- So former invest instigators and compliers can be turned to be victims of the of the regime.
Examples
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When the other side is more patient than you are and the instigators are putting the heat on you, then they can lay back.
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The difference is in the street there is no referee and there is an instigator and there is the other person.
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I remember thinking, "Why does she get to go back to class when she is the instigator of this fight?"
Academic text (2013) -
And then in China and in North Korea, Do you see North Korea being a potential instigator of a nuclear war?
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For Jews, the real instigator of new reflection on the topic is the Holocaust.
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And that means that whomever is viewed as the instigator of this public call for accountability is the enemy.
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We'll not be the instigators of full-scale war on the eve of universal peace.
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Consider this account of the experience of one of the instigators of the Stonewall riot:
Blog text (16) -
Indeed, the arts have often been the targets rather than the instigators of methodological borrowing by other disciplines.
Academic text (2000) -
Although progressive reformers participated in the planning of the celebration, this time the instigators were ethnic Americans.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who causes problems for other people on purpose
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6.5
A person who stirs up strong public feelings for political change
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8.8
A person who on purpose causes trouble or makes others do wrong
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5.5
A person who starts a plan or action
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7.9
A person who tries to make others protest or cause trouble
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6.5
A person who interrupts a meeting or event and causes disorder
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6.0
A person who causes small trouble by playing tricks or starting gossip
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8.4
A person who encourages others to do wrong or cause trouble
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7.5
A person who starts trouble on purpose to make others react
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7.3
A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
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8.8
A person who speaks angrily and likes to start political arguments
A person who on purpose makes others start trouble or fight
A person who causes political trouble by encouraging others to act against the government
A person who says things that make people angry or start fights
A person who causes anger or arguments between people
A person who causes problems by starting arguments or fights
A person who makes small problems into big arguments
A person who starts a project or action
Antonyms
How Inciting
- Formal
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7.9
- Literature
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8.5
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6.5
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6.8
- Offensive
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4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Instigator comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and stigare 'to prick' or 'to urge'. So imagine someone who 'pricks' or pushes others into action — that's why an instigator is a person who starts or provokes trouble or an event.