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troublemaker(person, radical, operative, reactionary)
15
instigator(phony, radical, operative, motive)
15
incendiary(trouble, person, radical, operative)
14
rabble-rouser(radical, operative, troublemaker, reactionary)
12
brand(ashes, cinders, burning piece of wood)
11
inciter(phony, radical, recreant, reactionary)
10
provoker
9
agitator(trouble, person, radical, rebel)
8
agent provocateur(expression, idiom, agent, motive)
8
demagogue(trouble, person, radical, criminal)
6
instigant
5
fomenter(radical, partisan, reactionary, leftist)
5
malcontent(radical, partisan, reactionary, leftist)
3
madcap
3
radical(person, operative, partisan, reactionary)
3
rebel(radical, progressive, revolutionary, reactionary)
3
revolutionary(radical, rebel, progressive, reactionary)
3
ringleader(radical, operative, partisan, mastermind)
2
blade
2
hell-raiser
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