agitation
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See also: Agitation
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French agitation, from Latin agitātiō (“movement, agitation”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
agitation (countable and uncountable, 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
- After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- […] religious agitations […]
- (archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], OCLC 228727523:
- […] a logical agitation of the matter […]
- 1732, Jonathan Swift, The Advantages Proposed by Repealing the Sacramental Test
- […] the project now in agitation […]
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act of agitating
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a stirring; a disturbance of tranquility
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excitement of public feeling
References[edit]
- agitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
agitation c (singular definite agitationen, plural indefinite agitationer)
Declension[edit]
Declension of agitation
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | agitation | agitationen | agitationer | agitationerne |
genitive | agitations | agitationens | agitationers | agitationernes |
Further reading[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin agitatio. Surface analysis: agiter + -ation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
agitation f (plural agitations)
- choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)
- restlessness
- bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
- (nervous) agitation
- (social) unrest
Further reading[edit]
- “agitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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