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FURM-ent/ˈfɜːment/

Ferment is a state of political or social agitation; also the brewing process that produces alcohol or gas: a ferment of ideas, in a ferment. Unrest is the civic twin; a lobby mood is not a sampling frame.

Meaning

A state of political or social agitation; also the process that produces alcohol or gas in food.

Examples

• “A ferment in the lobby is not a sampling frame; name the slice.”
• “Unrest is the civic twin. Agitation is a cousin. A mood is talk. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then report the mood in the limitations if it still belongs there.”

Good to know

Unrest, or a brewing process. Close: unrest. A lobby mood ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

unrest, agitation, tumult

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