Instigation Synonyms

Something that incites especially a violent response
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. goad
  2. incitation
  3. incitement
  4. provocation
  5. stimulus
  6. trigger
Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. prompting
  2. influence
  3. fomentation
  4. abetment
  5. stimulation
  6. abettal

Words Related to Instigation

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Instigation Sentence Examples

  • According to others, he was poisoned by his physicians at the instigation of his son.

  • In 778 three high-reeves were slain at the instigation of the king.

  • At the instigation of Theophilus of Alexandria, Anastasius (pope 398-402) summoned Rufinus from Aquileia to Rome to vindicate his orthodoxy; but he excused himself from a personal attendance in a written Apologia pro fide sua.

  • He was opposed to political Zionism, and the Montreal Conference (1897), at his instigation, passed resolutions disapproving of the attempt to establish a Jewish state, and affirming that the Jewish Messianic hope pointed to a great universal brotherhood.

  • A bill of attainder, passed by the Lords, was rejected at Cromwell's instigation and probably with Henry's goodwill by the Commons.

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