agitation
See also: Agitation
English
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- (Can we date this quote?) William H. Prescott:
- […] religious agitations […]
- 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 […]
- (Can we date this quote?) Roger L'Estrange:
Synonyms
Translations
act of agitating
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a stirring; a disturbance of tranquility
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Danish
Declension
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 |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)
Noun
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
- “agitation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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