provocativeness
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“The music would add something — add some dialogue, add a level of understanding or suggestion or provocativeness — rather than amplify what was already there.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2016
Liz Heron, who also attended the 6 p.m. show, appreciated its provocativeness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2016
It would be formulaic if it were done on anything below full throttle, and if it weren't for the provocativeness of his ideas.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2012
Kissinger again displays an intellectual ambition, provocativeness and mix of sweep and detail that make other memoirs seem pale.
From Time Magazine Archive
In rebutting it the Under-Secretary for India proved himself a grave and reverend Sinha, without a trace of the provocativeness displayed by his Chief in the Commons.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various
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