agitation

See also: Agitation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

agitation (countable and uncountable, 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 (bǎrkane), агитация (bg) (agitacija)
• Dutch: opwinding (nl) f, agitatie (nl) f, troebelen pl
• Esperanto: agitado, agitiĝo
• Finnish: agitaatio (fi)
• French: agitation (fr) f
• German: Aufwühlung f, Agitation (de) f
• Greek: αναστάτωση (el) f (anastátosi), αναταραχή (el) f (anatarachí), αναβρασμός (el) m (anavrasmós)

• Latin: vibrātiō f
• Portuguese: agitação (pt) f
• Romanian: agitare (ro) f, agitație (ro) f
• Russian: волне́ние (ru) n (volnénije), возбужде́ние (ru) n (vozbuždénije), смяте́ние (ru) n (smjaténije)
• Spanish: agitación (es) f, desasosiego (es) m
• Swedish: uppvigling (sv) c, hets (sv) c

a stirring; a disturbance of tranquility

• Portuguese: agitação (pt) f
• Russian: волне́ние (ru) n (volnénije), возбужде́ние (ru) n (vozbuždénije), смяте́ние (ru) n (smjaténije), беспоко́йство (ru) n (bespokójstvo)

• Scottish Gaelic: mì-shuaimhneas m
• Spanish: inquietud (es) f

excitement of public feeling

• Czech: agitace (cs) f

• Russian: агита́ция (ru) f (agitácija)

References

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

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Danish

Noun

agitation c (singular definite agitationen, plural indefinite agitationer)

1. agitation

Declension

Declension of agitation

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	agitation	agitationen	agitationer	agitationerne
genitive	agitations	agitationens	agitationers	agitationernes

Further reading

• “agitation” in Den Danske Ordbog

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin agitatio. Surface analysis: agiter +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/

• 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

Further reading

• “agitation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).