Summary
agitation {noun}
émoi · inquiétude · agitation · effervescence
agitation {noun}
agitation · flurry · fluster · commotion · excitement · restlessness · unrest · perturbation · turmoil
English-French translation for "agitation"
"agitation" French translation
agitation {noun}
agitation {noun} (also: anxiety, concern)
No agitation is allowed during the elections day or the day before the elections.
The agitation of recent weeks would then actually have been nothing but play-acting.
Between 2000 and 2005, six persons were found guilty of ethnic agitation.
A reading of the medical report provoked considerable nervousness and agitation.
Racist and anti-Semitic agitation is given a forum in the organisational framework of a party.
agitation {noun} (also: ebullience, effervescence)
Mr President, the agitation that had preceded the Palestinian and Israeli elections is subsiding, and the situation is clearer.
Many of these demonstrations are in fact masterminded by outside provocateurs bent on creating agitation designed to cause political and
agitation {noun}
No agitation is allowed during the elections day or the day before the elections.
The agitation of recent weeks would then actually have been nothing but play-acting.
Between 2000 and 2005, six persons were found guilty of ethnic agitation.
A reading of the medical report provoked considerable nervousness and agitation.
Racist and anti-Semitic agitation is given a forum in the organisational framework of a party.
Mr President, there is a great deal of commotion surrounding enlargement.
The commotion is justified, given the nature of the topic, but the confusion is not.
What, then, is behind all this hurry and commotion?
However, the European Commission's and Commissioner Bolkestein's proposals have unleashed quite a commotion.
civil commotion
excitement {noun}
restlessness {noun}
French troops then stationed in the CAR were called on to quell the unrest.
• Political unrest leading to closure of corridors to trade facilitation
A further concern is the social unrest that is likely to follow such consequences.
It is a fertile breeding ground for political unrest, economic chaos and social fractures.
That is understandable, given that the tension could turn into unrest with little difficulty.
perturbation {noun}
The situation in the region of Western Asia — or the Middle East — is in turmoil.
Kenya is an island of peace in a region that has seen many wars and much turmoil.
In the midst of the turmoil and chaos, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a group of supporters fled their homeland.
It allows us to protect ourselves from a currency market that is now in turmoil.
Liberia is once again in turmoil.
Synonyms
Synonyms (English) for "agitation":
© Princeton Universityexcitement · turmoil · upheaval · hullabaloo · ferment · fermentation · tempestuousness · unrest
Synonyms (French) for "agitation":
© myThes Dicollecteémoi · activité · alarme · alerte · effroi · peur · épouvante · émotion · frayeur · tourment · ballottement · balancement · secousse · remuement · convulsion · contraction · émeute · insurrection · troubles · révolte
Usage examples
Usage examples for "agitation" in French
He has regretted outbursts of xenophobic, anti-Vietnamese agitation and has congratulated politicians who have taken a principled position against such behaviour.
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