Stagnation

//stæɡˈneɪʃn̩// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of this.; The state of lacking flow or motion, usually causing a lack of freshness or health; (countable) an instance of this. uncountable

    "Factors known to encourage the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include the stagnation of the water."

  2. 2
    a state of inactivity (in business or art etc.) wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of this.; The state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactivity, staleness; (countable) an instance of this. figuratively, uncountable

    "The general concern about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system."

  4. 4
    inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation wordnet
  5. 5
    The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of this.; The state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactivity, staleness; (countable) an instance of this.; The state of low or no growth in an economy; (countable) an instance of this. figuratively, uncountable

    "[T]he Credit Cycle, though guilty of disastrous excesses and grave crimes, has a part to play in a progressive society, and […] an attempt to check it altogether might produce stagnation as well as stability."

Etymology

From stagnate + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process, or its result), Stagnate is derived from stagnāt-, the participial stem of Latin stagnāre, the present active infinitive of stāgnō (“of waters: to cover the land as a lake, to become a pool, to stagnate”), from stāgnum (“body of standing water (lake, swamp, etc.)”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to drip; to seep”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

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