2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Agitation \Ag`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. agitatio: cf F. agitation.]
1. 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.
2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity;
disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical
excitement; perturbation; as to cause any one agitation.
3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.;
as the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.
``Religious agitations.'' --Prescott.
4. Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy,
or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion;
debate.
A logical agitation of the matter. --L'Estrange.
The project now in agitation. --Swift.
Syn: Emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor;
perturbation. See {Emotion}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
agitation
n 1: a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance
2: a state of agitation or turbulent change or development:
"the political ferment produced a new leadership"; "social
unrest" [syn: {ferment}, {fermentation}, {unrest}]
3: the feeling of being agitated; not calm [ant: {calmness}]
4: disturbance usually in protest [syn: {excitement}, {turmoil},
{upheaval}, {hullabaloo}]
5: the act of agitating something causing it to move around
(usually vigorously)
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