agitation

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English

Etymology

From Latin agitātiō (“movement, agitation”): compare with French agitation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæ.ʤɪˈte.ʃən/

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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

   religious agitations —William H. Prescott

   After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.

4. 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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

Act of agitating

Bulgarian: вълнение (bg), възбуда (bg), бъркане (bg), агитация (bg) Dutch: opwinding (nl) f., agitatie (nl) f., troebelen (nl) pl. Finnish: agitaatio (fi) German: Aufwühlung f., Agitation f.

Greek: αναστάτωση (el) f., αναταραχή (el) f., αναβρασμός (el) m. Latin: vibrātiō (la) f. Spanish: agitación (es) f., desasosiego (es) m.

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

Part or all of this entry 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.