agitacion

n. agitation, stirring up, disturbing; perturbation, excitement; unrest, turmoil

= upheaval, agitation, turmoil, stir, shaking, convulsion, spin, restlessness.
Ex: Solutions will generally be sought in accordance with in-house knowledge and practices in order to avoid major upheavals in production techniques and strategies.
Ex: Historically, similar forces appear to be responsible for the agitation to decentralise libraries on university campuses.
Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.
Ex: With all this stir on accountability, the process of evaluation needs objective guidelines.
Ex: The shaking of an infant or child, can be devastating and result in irreversible brain damage, blindness, and even death.
Ex: Spain's transition from dictatorship to pacific and stable democracy without producing major national convulsions is remarkable.
Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.
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* agitación política = political turmoil, political upheaval.
* agitación social = social upheaval.