Noun
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.
A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation.
Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation.
Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
Source: Webster's dictionarySo it is with minds. Unless you keep them busy with some definite subject that will bridle and control them, they throw themselves in disorder hither and yon in the vague field of imagination... And there is no mad or idle fancy that they do no bring forth in the agitation. Michel de Montaigne
Wherever capitalism appears, in pursuit of its mission of exploitation, there will Socialism, fertilized by misery, watered by tears, and vitalized by agitation be also found, unfurling its class-struggle banner and proclaiming its mission of emancipation. Eugene V. Debs
Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art and academicism. Werner Herzog
Older people are most beautiful when they have what is lacking in the young: poise, erudition, wisdom, phronesis, and this post-heroic absence of agitation. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit. Robert M. La Follette Sr.
Popular agitation leads to justice. Tamil Proverb