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Definitions: Agitation |
AgitationNoun1. 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". 3. The feeling of being agitated; not calm. 4. Disturbance usually in protest. 5. The act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "agitation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Agitation \Ag`i*ta"tion\, noun. [Latin expression agitatio: compare to the French expression agitation.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: AgitationSynonyms: excitement (n), ferment (n), fermentation (n), hullabaloo (n), turmoil (n), unrest (n), upheaval (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: calmness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agitation | Noun: agitation, stir, tremor, shake, ripple, jog, jolt, jar, jerk, shock, succussion, trepidation, quiver, quaver, dance; jactitation, quassation; shuffling c. Verb: twitter, flicker, flutter. |
Changeableness | Restlessness &x. Adjective: fidgets, disquiet; disquietude, inquietude; unrest; agitation. |
Excitability | Noun: excitability, impetuosity, vehemence; boisterousness; Adjective: turbulence; impatience, intolerance, nonendurance; irritability; (irascibility); itching; (desire); wincing; disquiet, disquietude; restlessness; fidgets, fidgetiness; agitation; (irregular motion). |
Excitation | Noun: excitation of feeling; mental excitement; suscitation, galvanism, stimulation, piquance, piquancy, provocation, inspiration, calling forth, infection; animation, agitation, perturbation; subjugation, fascination, intoxication; enravishment; entrancement; pressure, tension, high pressure. |
Feeling | Blush, suffusion, flush; hectic; tingling, thrill, turn, shock; agitation; (irregular motion); quiver, heaving, flutter, flurry, fluster, twitter, tremor; throb, throbbing; pulsation, palpitation, panting; trepidation, perturbation; ruffle, hurry of spirits, pother, stew, ferment; state of excitement. |
Physical Energy | Activity, agitation, effervescence; ferment, fermentation; ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle; voluntary energy; quicksilver. |
Preparation | Adjective: preparing; Verb: in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train; afoot, afloat; on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil; under consideration; (plan); brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding; in store for, in reserve. |
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Screenplays | I'm concerned about the agitation that's out there since Khan got flattened. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) | |
Clever | Outer agitation reveals inner instability. (references; author: unknown) | |
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 | Rabies in humans is almost always fatal. Symptoms may be headache, fatigue, fever and pain at the site of the bite can be present. Behavioral changes like apprehension, anxiety, agitation, irritability, insomnia and depression may also appear.Credit: CDC. |  | Gilberton, Pennsylvania. A Chance coal separator in operation in the Saint Nicholas breaker. The cone vat, filled with sand and water and kept in solution by agitation, causes the coal to float above the rock, allowing the rock to be taken from the bottom.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Agitation which delays our war industries is "made in Germany" Let us all pull together to win the war quickly / / Phifer.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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C. Simmons | Agitation, under pretence of reform, with a view to overturn revealed truth and order, is the worst kind of mischief. |
Daniel O'connell | Whatever little we have gained we have gained by agitation, while we have uniformly lost by moderation. |
Frederick Douglass | Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want rain without thunder and lightning. |
Lord Byron | It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time. |
Sir R. Peel | Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mould its laws. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | In the French revolution of July 1830, and in the English reform agitation, these aristocracies again succumbed to the hateful upstart. (reference) |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | A very little quiet reflection was enough to satisfy Emma as to the nature of her agitation on hearing this news of Frank Churchill. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He corroborated everything, remembered everything, enjoyed everything, and underwent the strangest agitation. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Your agitation condemns you. |
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Health | Nurses' aides and nurse experts rated patients' agitation during their shower baths. (references) | |
Patients can experience extreme agitation and feelings of anger, frustration, and depression. (references) | ||
Because patients' shower baths often elicit agitation, the study focused on this routine event. (references) | ||
Discrimination | Liechtenstein | The law also prohibits public incitement to violence or public agitation or insult directed against a race, people, ethnic group, or state. (references) |
Bhutan | At the time, the Government claimed that it was concerned about the rapid population growth of and political agitation by the ethnic Nepalese. (references) | |
Economic History | Turkey | Political agitation surfaced in 1968 and increased as left- and right-wing extremists took to the streets. (references) |
Human Rights | Bhutan | During those years, the Government's ethnic policies and the crackdown on ethnic Nepalese political agitation created a climate of impunity in which the Government tacitly condoned the physical abuse of ethnic Nepalese. (references) |
Minorities | Bhutan | However, in the late 1980's, concern over the increase in the population of and political agitation among ethnic Nepalese prompted aggressive government efforts to assert a national culture, to tighten control over southern regions, to control illegal immigration, to expel ethnic Nepalese, and to promote national integration. (references) |
Political Economy | Bangladesh | The new government's first two years saw relatively few hartals or other disruptive agitation programs. (references) |
Worker Rights | Uganda | According to the Government, the unions had been engaged in undemocratic activities and political agitation outside what is allowed in the 1975 Trade Union Decree, and therefore were banned until further notice. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When we wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive. |
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Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | Such attempts at dangerous agitation may periodically return, but with each the object will be better understood. |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Let every Union-loving man, therefore, exert his best influence to suppress this agitation, which since the recent legislation of Congress is without any legitimate object. |
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| "Agitation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Agitation" is used about 479 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 479 | 12,412 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "agitation": agitation build up ♦ great agitation ♦ Psychomotor Agitation. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "agitation": of-agitation, thermal-agitation. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agitation | 31 |
agitation machine vacuum washer | 14 |
agitation cleaning part | 13 |
agitation liquid | 8 |
psychomotor agitation | 5 |
agitation collar | 3 |
agitation harness | 3 |
agitation cohen inventory mansfield | 3 |
agitation medication | 2 |
agitation alzheimers | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "agitation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | agitasie (commotion), opwinding (excitement), lawaai (ado, din, noise, riot, tumult), beroering (abetment, commotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | agjitacion (commotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تهيج (excitement, go red, irritation), تحريض (incendiary, incitation, incitement, instigation, sedition, solicitation), الهياج (restlessness), الإثارة, إهتياج (access, ado, bother, bustling, commotion, delirium, dither, ebullience, effervescence, excitation, exciting, ferment, fermentation, flurry, fuss, great rage, in a state, ramp, rampage, sensation, stir, willies), إثارة (aggravation, excitation, excitement, instigation, irritation, provocation, splash, stir, stirring, thrilling, trepidation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разискване (counsel, discussion, disputation, parley, powwow, ventilation), тревога (alarm, alert, anxiety, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, flurry, fluster, inquietude, perturbation, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, unrest, worriment, worry), възбуждане (excitation, excitement, stimulation), възбуда (animation, boiling, emotion, excitement, fume, inflammation, inquietude, jag, lather, stir), вълнение (commotion, dither, emotion, excitement, ferment, flurry, gurgitation, heartbeat, lather, nervousness, perturbation, pother, pulse, roughness, snit, stir, surge, tear, throb, to-do, trouble, tumult, turmoil, unrest, upset), обсъждане (argumentation, canvass, conference, consideration, consultation, deliberation, discussion, dispute, parley, powwow), обмисляне (consideration, deliberation), агитация (pep talk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "动 (Agitate, Agitated, Agitating, incitement, instigate, Instigated, Instigating, instigation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozruch (backwash, excitement, fermentation, flap, flurry, fuss, hullabaloo, kick up, stir), míchání (mix, mixture, shuffle, stir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | agitatio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | agitatie (abetment, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flutter, turmoil), opwinding (excitation, excitement, flame), opgewondenheid (excitement), gejaagdheid (alarm, excitement), beweging (abetment, commotion, motion, movement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | agito (commotion, disturbance, excitement, flutter, turmoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sekoitus (admixture, blend, blending, charge, mix, mixing, mixture, re-recording, stirring), sekoittaminen (agitating, blending, stirring, whipping), motorinen ja mentaalinen kiihtymys (behavioral agitation, behavioural agitation), mellakka (clash, disturbance, riot, street violence, tumult), hämmennys (bewilderment, embarrassment, perplexity, stirring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agitation (agitating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Bewegung (affection, emotion, evolution, exercise, gesture, motion, move, movement, pass, progress, stir), Aufruhr (confusion, convulsion, disorder, fracas, insurgency, insurrection, mutiny, pandemonium, rebellion, revolt, riot, sedition, seditions, stir, storm, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, turmoll, upheaval, uprising, uproar), Agitation (stirring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σάλοσ (stir, tumult), πρόσμιξη από ανατάραξη, υποκίνηση (abetment, incitement, instigation), ανάδευση (shaking, stirring, turning, whipping, working), ανακίνηση (agitating, stirring), αναταραχή (commotion, flurry, turmoil, unrest), ταραχή (apprehension, bustle, coil, commotion, consternation, disturbance, flurry, fluster, flutter, frenzy, fuss, outbreak, perturbation, pother, restlessness, riot, row, ruction, ruffle, rumpus, scrimmage, stir, trepidation, trouble, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, welter), διέγερση (activation, arousal, excitation, excitement, irritation, stimulation, stimulus), ψυχική και κινητική διέγερση (behavioral agitation, behavioural agitation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | agjitacion (commotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תעמול" (propaganda, publicity), תסיס" (effervescence, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fizz, turbulence, zymosis), זעזוע (concussion, convulsion, jerk, shake, shock, start, thrill, tribulation, turbulence), "ז"עזעות (shaking, shock), "סת" (ferment, incitement, sedition, seduction), " ע" (impetus, motivation, propulsion), רתיח" (boil, boiling, ebullience, excitement, rage, simmer), ר'וש (emotion, excitement), סעירות, עור (beating, dusting, empty, shaken out, shaking off, stirred), רעשות (excitement). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | agitáció. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | agitasi, hasutan (incitement, sedition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | agitazione (abetment, agitating, anxiety, bother, commotion, disturbance, excitement, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, fret, fussiness, restlessness, state, stir, stirring, turmoil, twitter, uneasiness, unrest, upheaval, whipping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 動揺 (commotion, disturbance, excitement, oscillation, pitching, rolling, shaking, trembling, unrest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おおあれ (great storm, upheaval), しゅうしょう (all night long, bedridden, frustration, grief, sorrow), どうら" (case for botanical specimens, commotion, disturbance, riot, upheaval), どうよう (children's song, commotion, disturbance, equal to, excitement, identical, like, nursery rhyme, oscillation, pitching, rolling, same, shaking, trembling, unrest), せ"どう (abet, abetting, boatman, guidance, leadership), かくは" (agitate, all, beat, each clan, every, stir, stirring, various, whip, whipping), "うふ" (arousal, excitement, intimation, powdered rouge, public indignation, stimulation, way of speaking, young and inexperienced person), アジテーション , アジ , 'きどう (drama, dramatic art, terrible shock, upheaval). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeean-ghleashaght (violent motion), glistyr (enema, haste, hurry, squall), boiranys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | agitashon (excitement, flutter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agitationay agitação (agitating, commotion, disturbance, emotion, excite, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fidget, flurry, fluster, flutter, freak out, fret, furor, furore, fuss, gurgitation, heartbeat, hoodoo, hurly burly, inquietude, perturbation, Popple, racket, rattle, riot, ruffle, rush, shake, sloshing, state, stirring, tempest, to-do, tremor, trepidation, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval). (various references) agitare (flourish, fretfulness), agitaţie (ado, bustle, clutter, commotion, dusty, emotion, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, flurry, flutter, fret, go, haste, inquietude, nervousness, perturbation, restlessness, riotousness, roughness, squirm, stir, trepidation, unrest, vexation, working), mişcare (activity, an up stroke, bustle, change, circulation, commotion, gesture, go, locomotion, motion, move, movement, revolt, riotousness, sign, stir, stroke, waggle, wave), clocot (ebullition, Eddy, excitement, whirl), dezbatere (canvass, debate, deliberation, discussion, dispute, fencing, quarrel), discutare (deliberation, discussion), emoţie (emotion, excitement, feeling, flush, flutter, heart-beat, sensation, thrill, tremor, turn), fierbere (boil, boiling, brewage, commotion, ebullition, effervescence, effervescency, emotion, fermentation, fever, fizz, gurgitation, tumult), furtunã (blow, commotion, gale, hurricane, riot, squall, storm, swell, tempest, thunder storm, thunderstorm, tumult), zbucium (anxiety, coil, fidget, struggle, struggling, trouble, uneasiness, worriment), neastâmpãr (bustle, disquietude, fidget), nelinişte (anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, ferment, flurry, fret, inquietude, perturbation, restlessness, trouble, uneasiness, unrest, worry), pârpãra (fire), trepidaţie (jar, trepidation, vibration), tulburare (bewilderment, commotion, confusion, discomfort, disorder, disturbance, excitement, feeling, flap, flurry, fluster, interruption, invasion, perturbation, revolt, trouble, unrest, vexation), vâlvã (boom, fame, page-one, scandal, sensation, surprise), frãmântare (anxiety, discomposure, fermentation, fluster, flutter, fret, fretfulness, kneading, torture, trepidation, unrest, worry). (various references) размешивание (kneading, stir), волнение (commotion, disturbance, effervescence, effervescency, emotion, excitement, fermentation, flutter, gurgitation, heartbeat, heave, perturbation, stew, stirring, throb, tizzies, tizzy, turbulence, unrest), агитация, ажитация. (various references) agitacija, uzrujanost (dither, fret, nervousness, ruffle, tizzy), uzrujanje (shakeup), uzburkanost (roughness, tumult). (various references) ruido (ado, alien, bang, bluster, bruit, chirm, din, false drop, murmur, noise, noisiness, oration, racket, raw, riot, sound, tumult), agitación (agitating, convulsion, discomposure, excitement, ferment, flurry, fussiness, restiveness, slugging, state, stir, stirring, twitter, welter). (various references) alteration (anxiety), agitation (abetment, canvass, canvassing, commotion). (various references) tahrik (excitation, fomentation, impellent, incitation, incitement, instigation, provocation, sedition, stimulation, turning on, whetstone), sallama (flourish, jog, rocking, shake, shaking, swing, swinging, wag, wagging, waving), sıkıntı (adversity, annoyance, anxiety, bore, boredom, bother, botheration, difficulty, dire straits, discomfort, distress, doldrums, draft, embarrassment, famine, fear, fret, gloom, gloominess, grayness, greyness, groan, hardship, heebie-jeebies, inconvenience, incubus, infliction, load, megrims, mopes, nuisance, oppression, pill, pip, pressure, rigor, rigour, rock, scrape, Strait, straits, stringency, tedium, the megrims, toil, toils, tribulation, trouble, vexation, weight, willies), kışkırtma (agitprop, fomentation, incitation, incitement, instigation, prod, provocation, pyrotechnics, sedition, solicitation, urge), heyecan (affect, animation, Ardor, ardour, bang, commotion, dither, drama, emotion, enthusiasm, exaltation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, fire, flap, flurry, flush, flutter, furor, furore, glow, kick, pucker, razzle-dazzle, rhapsody, ruffle, sensation, shiver, spice, spring tide, stir, taking, tension, the shivers, thrill, tingle, twitter, vibes, vibration, wallop, warmth, yeast), galeyan (boil, ebullience, ebulliency, ebullition, effervescence, rage, simmer), endişe (angst, anxiety, apprehension, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, doubt, fear, fears, fret, inquietude, perturbation, preoccupation, qualm, scruple, solicitude, stew, suspense, uneasiness, worry), çalkalanma (rinse, swash, taking), çalkalama (churning, rinse, rinsing, swash, swill, wriggle). (various references) tolgunyюyk (excitement). (various references) струшування (jolting), хвилювання (boil, bubble, care, disturbance, excitation, feeze, fermentation, fizzle, heartbeat, perturbation, pother, pucker, stirring, swell, throb, uproar), збудження (animation, effervescence, effervescency, exaltation, excitation, excitement, exciting, flush, intoxication, kindling, stimulation, taking, twitter, vivacity, wallop), збовтування, збентеження (abashment, amazement, bewilderment, blunder, confusion, dismay, distraction, embarrassment, nonplus, puzzlement, tumult), агітація, перемішування. (various references) sự xúc động (emotion), sự thảo luận sự khích động quần chúng, sự rung động (pulsation, tremor, vibration), sự lay động (dither), sự l m rung chuyển sự khích động, sự gây phiến động, sự bối rối sự suy đi tính lại. (various references) cynnwrf (commotion, stir), cynhyrfiad (stirring), ceginwrych (hair standing on end). 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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | commotio, commotione, commotionem, commotionis, commotum, commotus. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | commocion. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "agitation": agitational, agitations. (additional references) | |
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"Agitation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agiatation, agitaion, agitaiton, alization, avitation, gasication, okistation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "agitation" (pronounced a'jutā"shun) |
| 7 | -j u t ā" sh u n | cogitation, vegetation. |
| 6 | -u t ā" sh u n | accreditation, amputation, annotation, cetacean, cohabitation, computation, connotation, decapitation, dilatation, equitation, facilitation, gravitation, habitation, hesitation, imitation, imputation, incapacitation, inhabitation, interpretation, invitation, irritation, levitation, limitation, meditation, misinterpretation, palpitation, precipitation, premeditation, recitation, rehabilitation, reinterpretation, reputation, resuscitation, sanitation, solicitation, visitation. |
| 5 | -t ā" sh u n | adaptation, affectation, argumentation, augmentation, citation, confrontation, consultation, crustacean, deforestation, deportation, devastation, dictation, disorientation, disputation, dissertation, documentation, excitation, exhortation, expectation, experimentation, exploitation, fermentation, flirtation, flotation, fragmentation, gestation, implantation, implementation, importation, incantation, incrustation, indentation, infestation, instrumentation, lactation, manifestation, misrepresentation, molestation, mutation, notation, orientation, ornamentation, ostentation, permutation, pigmentation, plantation, presentation, protestation, quotation, recantation, reforestation, refutation, regimentation, representation, rotation, sedimentation, segmentation, station, superstation, temptation, transplantation, transportation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, animation, annexation, annihilation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, characterization, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, deviation, differentiation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, dispensation, disqualification, dissemination, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, falsification, fascination, federation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gyration, hallucination, harmonization, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implication, impregnation, improvisation, inactivation, inauguration, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incubation, indemnification, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, internationalization, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, legalization, legislation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, origination, oscillation, ossification, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, predestination, prefabrication, preoccupation, preparation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recapitalization, recertification, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reformation, refrigeration, regeneration, registration, regulation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, repudiation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-i-n-o-t-t" | |
-2 letters: agitato, ignatia, titania, toiting. | |
-3 letters: anatto, attain, gitano, gittin, titian, toting. | |
-4 letters: again, giant, gonia, ingot, taiga, taint, tango, tanto, tigon, titan, tonga. | |
-5 letters: agin, agio, agon, anga, anoa, anta, anti, gain, gait, gnat, goat, inia, inti, into, iota, naoi, nota, tain, tang, ting, tint, titi, toga, toit, tong. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-i-n-o-t-t" | |
+1 letter: agitations. | |
+2 letters: agitational, castigation, gravitation. | |
+3 letters: antagonistic, antidogmatic, apostatising, apostatizing, automatizing, castigations, gravitations, ingratiation, ingratiatory. | |
+4 letters: agglutination, antilogarithm, contaminating, dogmatization, fractionating, gratification, gravitational, ingratiations, magnetization, ratiocinating, triangulation. | |
+5 letters: agglutinations, antilogarithms, categorization, digitalization, dogmatizations, gelatinization, graphitization, gratifications, intergradation, magnetizations, stigmatization, transmigration, triangulations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 69 74 61 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. .. - .- - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01101001 01110100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g i t a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0069 0074 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357375866786758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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