provocativeness
- a word derived from provocative.
Example Sentences
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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
Whimsical or not, all the ad firms nowadays are high on "creativity"�their catchall term for imagination, provocativeness, a good twist.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has the qualities and defects of its parentage; but the qualities, a fine careless rapture, sensitive vision, a wayward and jolly fantasy, challenging provocativeness, faintly malicious humour, are dominant.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 4, 1917 by Various
