agitation

See also Agitation

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French agitation, from Latin agitātiō (“movement, agitation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ad͡ʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
• (US) IPA: /æ.d͡ʒɪˈteɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

agitation (plural agitations)

1. 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.

2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation.

   She causes great agitation within me.

3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.

   the antislavery agitation

   labor agitation

   After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.

   • (Can we date this quote?) William H. Prescott:

     […] religious agitations […]

4. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Roger L'Estrange:

     […] a logical agitation of the matter […]

   • (Can we date this quote?) Jonathan Swift:

     […] the project now in agitation […]

Synonyms

• emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbation

Translations

Act of agitating

• Bulgarian: вълнение (bg) (vǎlnenie), възбуда (bg) (vǎzbuda), бъркане (bg) (bǎrkane), агитация (bg) (agitacija)
• Dutch: opwinding (nl) f, agitatie (nl) f, troebelen (nl) pl
• Finnish: agitaatio (fi)
• German: Aufwühlung f, Agitation f

• Greek: αναστάτωση (el) (anastátosi) f, αναταραχή (el) (anatarachí) f, αναβρασμός (el) (anavrasmós) m
• Latin: vibrātiō (la) f
• Spanish: agitación (es) f, desasosiego (es) m
• Swedish: uppvigling (sv) c, hets (sv) c

a stirring; a disturbance of tranquility

• Scottish Gaelic: mì-shuaimhneas (gd) m

• Spanish: inquietud (es) f

References

• agitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aʒitasjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

agitation f (plural agitations)

1. choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)
2. restlessness
3. bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
4. (nervous) agitation
5. (social) unrest