noun
1. a state of wild storminess
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tempestuous
• Hypernyms: ↑storminess
2. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
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the political ferment produced new leadership
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social unrest
• Syn: ↑agitation, ↑ferment, ↑fermentation, ↑unrest
• Derivationally related forms: ↑tempestuous, ↑ferment (for: ↑fermentation)
• Hypernyms: ↑turbulence, ↑upheaval, ↑Sturm und Drang
Useful english dictionary. 2012.