A state of confusion or agitation; the act or process of becoming flustered.
Formed from 'flusterate' plus the noun suffix '-ion,' or possibly a back-formation from 'fluster' with formal '-ation' ending. This mimics how 'frustrate' becomes 'frustration,' suggesting it may be an informal analogy.
Words like 'flusteration' are created through a process called 'analogical extension'—speakers hear 'frustration' and think 'flusteration' should exist too. Some such words stick (like 'celebration' from 'celebrate'); others remain marginal. Flusteration exists in that liminal space.
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