Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
provokable .
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Examples
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A basic relationship concept is that if you are not "provocable" you are likely to be taken advantage of.
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• If you think you're too nice, then you should be more provocable.
Dr. Ali Binazir: Dating and Game Theory: How to Make Better Decisions in Your Love Life 2010
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However, the four Axelrod Criteria of being nice, provocable, forgiving and straightforward will hold you in good stead in many difficult decisions.
Dr. Ali Binazir: Dating and Game Theory: How to Make Better Decisions in Your Love Life 2010
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It was probably not the most sensible way of approaching -- two equal sides, two equal claims to legitimate s-- accounts of history was probably not true because the only way you could accept that is to accept the genocide as a provocable crime; that you could actually have so offended me or you could have been in
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families: Stories from Rwanda 1998
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Second, they were “provocable” in that they punished a defection by defecting, at least on the next round.
The Manager as Negotiator Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain DAVID A. LAX 1986
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With many repetitions, immediate detection of claiming, and known, unchanging payoffs in each round, he found that conditionally open strategies—strategies that were “nice,” “provocable,” “forgiving,” and “clear”—elicited sufficient cooperation without becoming vulnerable to excessive claiming.
The Manager as Negotiator Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain DAVID A. LAX 1986
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Second, they were “provocable” in that they punished a defection by defecting, at least on the next round.
The Manager as Negotiator Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain DAVID A. LAX 1986
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With many repetitions, immediate detection of claiming, and known, unchanging payoffs in each round, he found that conditionally open strategies—strategies that were “nice,” “provocable,” “forgiving,” and “clear”—elicited sufficient cooperation without becoming vulnerable to excessive claiming.
The Manager as Negotiator Bargaining for Cooperation and Competitive Gain DAVID A. LAX 1986
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