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From Latin agitātiō (“‘movement, agitation’”): compare with French agitation.

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• (WEAE) IPA: /ˈæ.ʤɪˈte.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

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1. 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.

2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation.

   She causes great agitation within me.

3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.

   the antislavery agitation

   labor agitation

   religious agitations —William H. Prescott

   After this conflict pro-independence agitation temporarily died down.

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 — Roger L'Estrange.

   the project now in agitation — Jonathan Swift.

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• emotion; commotion; excitement; trepidation; tremor; perturbation.

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• Agitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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