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 disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

   During a storm the sea is in agitation.

2. A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.

   Synonym: 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.

   • 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:

     […] religious agitations […]

4. (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 […]

5. putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• agitational
• agitationist
• agitprop
• counteragitation
• microagitation

 

Translations

act of agitating

• Bulgarian: вълнение (bg) (vǎlnenie), възбуда (bg) (vǎzbuda), бъркане (bǎrkane), агитация (bg) (agitacija)
• Dutch: opwinding (nl) f, agitatie (nl) f, troebelen (nl) 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)
• Indonesian: agitasi (id)
• Irish: suaitheadh m
• 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
• Turkish: ajitasyon (tr)

a stirring; a disturbance of tranquility

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 攪動 / 搅动 (gaau² dong⁶), 搖動 / 摇动 (jiu⁴ dong⁶)

• Irish: suaitheadh m
• Latin: trepidatio f
• Malayalam: ക്ഷോഭം (ml) (kṣōbhaṁ)
• Ottoman Turkish: اضطراب (ıztırâb), قلق (kalak)
• Portuguese: agitação (pt) f
• Russian: волне́ние (ru) n (volnénije), возбужде́ние (ru) n (vozbuždénije), смяте́ние (ru) n (smjaténije), беспоко́йство (ru) n (bespokójstvo)
• Sanskrit: त्विष् (sa) f (tviṣ)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-shuaimhneas m
• Spanish: inquietud (es) f

excitement of public feeling

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 煽動 / 煽动 (sin³ dong⁶), 鼓動 / 鼓动 (gu² dong⁶)

• Czech: agitace (cs) f
• Irish: suaitheadh m
• Malayalam: പ്രക്ഷോഭം (ml) (prakṣōbhaṁ)
• Polish: agitacja (pl) f
• Russian: агита́ция (ru) f (agitácija)
• Ukrainian: агіта́ція f (ahitácija)
• Yiddish: אַגיטאַציע f (agitatsye)

References

• “agitation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitātiōnem. By surface analysis, agiter +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒi.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Descendants

• → Dutch: agitatie
• → Romanian: agitație
• → Turkish: ajitasyon

Further reading

• “agitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

agitation c

1. agitation (arguing for something in an inflamed, rousing manner (in a political or social context))
2. (medicine, psychology) agitation

   psykomotorisk agitation

   psychomotor agitation

Declension

Declension of agitation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	agitation	agitations
	definite	agitationen	agitationens
plural	indefinite	agitationer	agitationers
	definite	agitationerna	agitationernas

Related terms

• agitator
• agitatorisk
• agitera

References

• agitation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• agitation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)