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| firebrand(noun, phony, radical, operative, motive) | |
| agitator(noun, calm, person, change, radical) | |
| inciter(noun, calm, person, change, radical) | |
| provoker | |
| driving force | |
| fomenter(noun, calm, person, change, radical) | |
| initiator | |
| incendiary(noun, phony, radical, operative, motive) | |
| demagogue(noun, person, radical, partisan, reactionary) | |
| agent provocateur(noun, expression, idiom, agent, motive) | |
| rabble-rouser(noun, phony, radical, operative, reactionary) | |
| troublemaker(noun, person, radical, operative, reactionary) | |
| exciter | |
| instigant | |
| mover(noun, cause, radical, partisan, reactionary) | |
| ringleader(noun, leader, radical, operative, partisan) | |
| creator(noun, cause, mover, inventor) | |
| provocateur(noun, radical, operative, partisan, reactionary) | |
| rouser | |
| catalyst |
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