Provexity is a relatively unknown term that describes the act of provoking or provocation. The spelling of the word is interesting as it contains an unusual combination of consonants, including the voiced labiodental fricative /v/, the voiceless velar plosive /k/ and the voiced alveolar fricative /z/. The ending "-ity" indicates that it is a noun that denotes a quality or state. The IPA phonetic transcription for "provexity" is /prəˈvɛksəti/.