agitation
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From Latin agitātiō (“‘movement, agitation’”): compare with French agitation.
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- (WEAE) IPA: /ˈæ.ʤɪˈte.ʃən/
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
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agitation (plural agitations)
- The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
- After a storm the sea is in agitation.
- A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation.
- She causes great agitation within me.
- Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
- the antislavery agitation
- labor agitation
- religious agitations —William H. Prescott
- Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
- a logical agitation of the matter — Roger L'Estrange.
- the project now in agitation — Jonathan Swift.
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- agitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Part or all of this page has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
