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PRONUNCIATION OF AGITATIVE

agitative  [ˈædʒɪtətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AGITATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Agitative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AGITATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Agitation

Agitation may refer to: ▪ Agitation, putting into motion by shaking or stirring, often to achieve mixing ▪ Emotional state of excitement or restlessness ▪ Psychomotor agitation, an extreme form of the above, which can be part of a mental illness or a side effect of anti-psychotic medication ▪ Agitation ▪ Political agitation, political activities in which an agitator urges people to do something ▪ Agitation, a demonstration, or street protest. ▪ Agitation and Propaganda against the State, former criminal offence in communist Albania ▪ Anti-Soviet agitation, a criminal offence in the Soviet Union ▪ Agitation, a Miles Davis tune from his album E.S.P.Agitated, a B-Side from the band Muse...

Definition of agitative in the English dictionary

The definition of agitative in the dictionary is tending to stir or agitate.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AGITATIVE


authoritative
ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv
cogitative
ˈkɒdʒɪtətɪv
debilitative
dɪˈbɪlɪtətɪv
dubitative
ˈdjuːbɪtətɪv
excogitative
eksˈkɒdʒɪtətɪv
exploitative
ɪkˈsplɔɪtətɪv
facilitative
fəˈsɪlɪtətɪv
imitative
ˈɪmɪtətɪv
incitative
ɪnˈsaɪtətɪv
interpretative
ɪnˈtɜːprɪtətɪv
limitative
ˈlɪmɪtətɪv
meditative
ˈmɛdɪtətɪv
meditator
ˈmɛdɪtətɪv
nonquantitative
ˌnɒnˈkwɒntɪtətɪv
qualitative
ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv
quantitative
ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv
rehabilitative
ˌriːhəˈbɪlɪtətɪv
unauthoritative
ˌʌnɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv
vegetative
ˈvɛdʒɪtətɪv
writative
ˈraɪtətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AGITATIVE

agio
agiotage
agism
agist
agister
agistment
agistor
agita
agitable
agitate
agitated
agitated depression
agitated melancholia
agitatedly
agitation
agitational
agitato
agitator
agitpop
agitprop

WORDS THAT END LIKE AGITATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
operative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of agitative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «agitative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AGITATIVE

Find out the translation of agitative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of agitative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «agitative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煽动性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agitative
570 millions of speakers

English

agitative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

agitative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

agitative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агитационный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agitative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

agitative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

agitative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Agitatif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

agitatorischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

agitative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

agitative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Agitatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

agitative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

agitative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आंदोलक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ajite
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

agitative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

agitative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

агітаційний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

agitative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρότρυναν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agitative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

agiterande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

agitative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of agitative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AGITATIVE»

The term «agitative» is normally little used and occupies the 145.329 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AGITATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «agitative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «agitative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about agitative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGITATIVE»

Discover the use of agitative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to agitative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Rhetoric of Agitation and Control: Third Edition
B. An establishment low in rhetorical sophistication either avoids excessively ( when suppression is impossible, as when the agitative group's strategy has been petition) or suppresses prematurely, as soon as suppression is possible (in ...
John W. Bowers, Donovan J. Ochs, Richard J. Jensen, 2009
2
Responding to Crisis: A Rhetorical Approach to Crisis ...
Tactics include sacrificing personnel, changing the name of the regulatory agency, incorporation of some of the personnel of the agitative movement, and incorporation of parts of the dissident ideology. 4. Capitulation, or total defeat. In order to ...
Dan Pyle Millar, Robert L. Heath, 2004
3
After the Internet, Before Democracy: Competing Norms in ...
Propaganda can be agitative, as in the time of Mao Zedong, where it attempts to arouse an audience to certain ends, or it can have an integrative function, where its purpose is to render an audience passive, accepting, and non-challenging ...
Johan Lagerkvist, 2010
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The System: It's how the World Works
'Agitative' propaganda tries to convince us to change something and 'integrative' propaganda tries to convince us that there is no need for change. Either type can either be 'political' propaganda, which is disseminated by a political entity with ...
Andy Turnbull, 2005
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Die Werke Von Johann I und Nicolaus II Bernoulli: Band 6: ...
... est en C, comme AC a AP, ensorte que le moment en est le meme en C & en P. Ce moment qui se trouve aussi le meme dans tous les points de la verge indefinie AL, s'appellera dans la suite \aforce ou la vertu agitative de cette verge. XIII.
Johann I Bernoulli, Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Piero Villaggio, 2007
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The Essential Guide to Aging in the Twenty-first Century: ...
25 Agitative Behaviors by Nursing Home Residents artificially and temporarily “ aged.” One that is, however, is the characteristic believed to be responsible for the greater illusory Müller-Lyer effect experienced by elderly adults than by young ...
Donald H. Kausler, Barry C. Kausler, Jill A. Krupsaw, 2007
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Losing Our Democratic Spirit: Congressional Deliberation and ...
We next described two techniques, agitative and dispositional propaganda, and how these techniques disable deliberation by undermining rational argument. Agitative propaganda biases the public scale. It is a technique of advocacy rather  ...
Bill Granstaff, 1999
8
Protest Song in East and West Germany Since the 1960s
Poetry for the first time took on a practical, agitative function in the form of song, which had a mobilizing effect on the political revolution. 2" Forerunners of the political Gebrauchslyrik poets of the twentieth century, Vormärz poets were able to ...
David Robb, 2007
9
Cyclopaedia, Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and ...
Which time is necessarily such, because the agitative force, i. e. the force which produces the motion of the pendulum, is determined in every thing that concurs to the formation thereof: So that it can only cause one certain effect. The agitative ...
Ephraïm Chambers, 1743
10
Cyclopaedia: Or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences ...
Which time is necessarily such, because the agitative force, i. e. the force which produces the motion of the pendulum, is determined in every thing that concurs to the formation thereof; So that it can only cause one certain effect. The agitative ...
Ephraim Chambers, 1743

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGITATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term agitative is used in the context of the following news items.
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This story is just nuts. Source: Supplied
He continued to be an agitative presence, making numerous trips to the bathroom, strolling up and down the aisle and constantly opening the ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
2
The Normal Heart: of crisis and courage
“It's has a message, and it's quite unabashedly agitative,” said Mr. Fabregas. “It wants to stir people up. I think it actually is supposed to make ... «BusinessWorld Online Edition, Jun 15»
3
New York 1981 | Manila 2015
The story could have been a modern adaptation of Ibsen or Odets because it bears all the hallmarks of classic agitative theater. It is also, apart ... «Manila Bulletin, Jun 15»
4
Erik Foley: 2015 NHL Draft Prospect Profile
Can play an agitative game, but is at his best when recognizing opportunities and taking advantage of them. A good skater who has the right ... «In Lou We Trust, May 15»
5
Relating presidential election to national census
... Yar'Adua had provided the long overdue opportunity to right the decades of injustices to the South-South dating back to the agitative days of ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Apr 15»
6
'Bates Motel' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: “Unbreak-able”
When he tells Norma they should call Romero for help, Norman overhears their “secretive agitative whispering” and decides to ask them what ... «Pop Insomniacs, Apr 15»
7
For Bruins' Brad Marchand, agitation is an occupation
“Generally speaking, these players who play an agitative style, when they're on your team, you like them,'' said Chiarelli. “You see how they ... «Boston Globe, Feb 15»
8
Update on Pieter Schelte Nazi Ship Controversy
However, it is equally true that those who object to the Nazi name are free to exercise their rights to protest and agitative for the name to be ... «Blogger News Network, Jan 15»
9
Laneway Festival: Ratking Talk NYC Living, Detroit Techno & New …
... (Eric Adiele) mesh hardcore, post-punk and '90s East Coast rap influences, making for music that is raw, brazen and agitative – yet trap-free. «Music Feeds, Jan 15»
10
The Hot 100 2014: 50-41
image: Reina Gossett / credit: Sabelo Narashimhan Makers of experimental, agitative arts events, Arika's weekend festival, Make a Way Out of ... «The List, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Agitative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/agitative>. May 2024 ».
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