agitation
See also: Agitation
English
editEtymology
editFrom French agitation, from Latin agitātiō (“movement, agitation”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editagitation (countable and uncountable, plural agitations)
- The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.
- During a storm the sea is in agitation.
- A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.
- Synonym: 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.
- 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
- […] 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:
- […] a logical agitation of the matter […]
- 1732, Jonathan Swift, The Advantages Proposed by Repealing the Sacramental Test:
- […] the project now in agitation […]
- putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editact of agitating
|
a stirring; a disturbance of tranquility
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excitement of public feeling
References
edit- “agitation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Danish
editNoun
editagitation c (singular definite agitationen, plural indefinite agitationer)
Declension
editDeclension of agitation
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | agitation | agitationen | agitationer | agitationerne |
| genitive | agitations | agitationens | agitationers | agitationernes |
Further reading
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin agitātiōnem. By surface analysis, agiter + -ation.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editagitation f (plural agitations)
- choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)
- restlessness
- bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
- (nervous) agitation
- (social) unrest
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “agitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
editNoun
editagitation c
- agitation (arguing for something in an inflamed, rousing manner (in a political or social context))
- (medicine, psychology) agitation
- psykomotorisk agitation
- psychomotor agitation
Declension
editDeclension of agitation
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