8
instigator(noun, radical, operative, partisan, motive)
6
agent provocateur(noun, expression, idiom, agent)
6
agitator(noun, person, advocate, radical, goad)
6
firebrand(noun, radical, operative, partisan, motive)
4
fomenter(noun, advocate, radical, partisan, reactionary)
4
incendiary(noun, radical, operative, partisan, motive)
4
inciter(noun, advocate, radical, partisan, reactionary)
3
demagogue(noun, radical, partisan, reactionary, leftist)
3
rabble-rouser(noun, radical, operative, partisan, reactionary)
3
troublemaker(noun, radical, operative, partisan, reactionary)
2
catalyst
2
exciter
2
provoker
2
ringleader(noun, radical, operative, partisan, reactionary)
1
adjy(noun, advocate, radical, partisan, reactionary)
1
agitprop
1
anarchist(noun, radical, partisan, reactionary, leftist)
1
causes trouble(noun, expression, radical, reactionary, leftist)
1
champion(noun, radical, partisan, reactionary, leftist)
1
disrupter(noun, advocate, radical, partisan, reactionary)
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