Bears are known for their predictive dormancy.
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Dormancy
/ˈdɔː.mən.si/
Synonyms for "dormancy" (102 found)
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a wise passivenessabeyanceapathycatalepsycatatoniacold storagecontemplationcontemplative lifedeadlinessdeathlinessdelitescencedo-nothing policydo-nothingismdo-nothingnessdoldrumsentropy
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
evolutionary pause phase
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Noun(5 words)
hibernationidlenessimmobilityinactioninactivenessinactivityindifferenceindolenceinertiainertnessintermissioninterruptionlaissez fairelaissez-allerlaissez-fairelaissez-faireismlanguorlatencylatent contentlatent meaningfulness
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Preposition(1 words)
in stasis
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motionlessnessneutralismneutralityneutralnessnoninvolvementnonparticipationnonresistancenonviolencenonviolent resistancepacifismparalysispassive resistancepassive self-annihilationpassivenesspassivismpassivitypolicypossibilitypotentialityprocrastination
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quiescencequiescencyquietismstagnancystagnationstandpattismstasissuspensesuspensiontorporunderactivityvegetationvirtualityvis inertiaevita contemplativawaiting gamewatching and waiting
Noun(14 words)
pauseperiod of stasisquiescencequiescencyseed dormancyseed quiescencesleepingslumberslumberingslumbersstasisstoppagetorpiditytorpor
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Cosmic radiation during a solar minimum can reactivate viruses from their dormancy.
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[N]ow the big Thanksgiving dinner which they had eaten was beginning to work upon them a spell of dormancy.
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