Agitation
[ædʒɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ædʒɪ'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously).
(noun.) disturbance usually in protest.
(noun.) the feeling of being agitated; not calm.
(noun.) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; 'the political ferment produced new leadership'; 'social unrest'.
(noun.) a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance.
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Definition
(n.) The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation.
(n.) A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
(n.) Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.
(n.) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Agitating, shaking, shake, concussion.[2]. Disturbance, jarring, commotion, convulsion, ferment, storm, tumult, turmoil.[3]. Excitement, emotion, perturbation, trepidation, discomposure, distraction, PUCKER, ruffle, flutter, hurry, tremor, fever, fret.[4]. Discussion, disputation, debate, controversy, canvassing, ventilation.
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Examples
- In the most extreme agitation I hurried after the surgeon and brought him with me in my carriage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I needed no second permission; though I was by this time in such a state of consternation and agitation, that my legs shook under me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But it is a little silly for an agitator to cry thief when the success of his agitation has led to the adoption of his ideas. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- This time he felt miserable but determined, while she was in a state of agitation which could not be hidden. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She spoke so modestly and softly and her trembling hand expressed such agitation as it moved to and fro upon the silent notes! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Hence his pallor and nervousness--his sleepless night and agitation in the morning. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is not actually settled, but there is such a thing in agitation. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- She will be taken from me soon enough, by God's will; we must not cause her unnecessary agitation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Oh, fancy, said Livius, the agitation of coming thus before the public for the first time! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The door opened, and I looked, half laughing and half crying in my pleasant agitation, for my mother. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And then walked up and down the little shop in great agitation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In another moment the strong pride that was in her came to conquer her sudden agitation, which she hoped he had not perceived. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Mr. Pickwick stood up in a state of great agitation, and took a glance at the court. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Yet not to excite fresh agitation in her, per non turbar quel bel viso sereno, I curbed my delight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- There was wretchedness in the idea of its being serious; there was perplexity and agitation every way. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A more generous interpretation would be to say that he had tried to be inclusive, to attach a hundred sectional agitations to a national program. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- To the silence of the preceding moment, now succeeded murmurs of discontent, and agitations, and whispers and shrugs. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In actual life, yes, in the moil and toil of propaganda, movements, causes and agitations the statesman-inventor and the political psychologist find the raw material for their work. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So with agitations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We shall come, I think, to a different appraisal of agitations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Having been frequently in company with him since her return, agitation was pretty well over; the agitations of former partiality entirely so. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He had been one of the French prophets, and could act their enthusiastic agitations. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In the various agitations of vigilance committees and alliances for the suppression of the traffic they profess to see continued a work which the abolitionists began. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- So it could be sympathetic to agitations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He has assumed the burden of harmonizing particular agitations with the general welfare. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He is the translator of agitations. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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