Stagnation

/stæɡˈneɪʃn̩/

Synonyms for "stagnation" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Noun(12 words)

stagnancy backwardness barrenness becalming cessation complacence complacencies constipationcultural stagnationdawdling deadness doldrums

abeyance apathy balance catalepsy contemplation

Adjective(4 words)

chronic stasisclinical stasesclinical stasisconceptual stagnation

Strong matches (32)

dormancy entropy idleness immobility inactivity indifference indolencelaissez fairelanguor latency meditation neutrality

Adjective(6 words)

economic stasiseconomic stasis periodintellectual stagnationlinguistic stagnationmarked immobilitymotionless state

Noun(12 words)

flounderingfossilization processhelplessness immobility inaction inertia inertiaslack of flowlanguishing languorsmore immobilemugginess

Verb(1 words)

ground to a halt

Preposition(1 words)

in stasis

Related words (52)

Noun(28 words)

no energy growthnonmoving statenumbing ossification paralysisperiod of stasispersistent cultural stagnationplateau plateauing plateaus plateauxpolicy stalemateprocess stagnationrecession rusting ruts shiftlessness slumber slump standstill

Show 8 more words

stases stasisstate of stasisstillness stoppage stucknesssurface stagnationtrial stasis

Determiner(2 words)

no motion changeno progress

noninvolvement nonparticipation nonresistance nonviolence pacifism paralysispassive resistancepassivity procrastination quiescence quietism sloth slowdown sluggishness suspense torpor vegetationwaiting game

Verb(2 words)

plateaued vegetating

Adjective(2 words)

professional stagnationsocial stagnation

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries

conditioneconomic conditioninaction inactiveness inactivitymacroeconomic conceptphenomenon process state

More specific

10 entries

air stagnationblood stagnationcreative stagnationeconomic stagnationeducational stagnationlong recessionslow growthstagnant flowstagnation pointwater stagnation

Collocations

6 entries

air stagnationeconomic stagnationgrowth stagnationperiod of stagnationstagnation pointwater stagnation

Inflections

1 entries

stagnations

Derivations

6 entries

stagnancy stagnant stagnantly stagnate stagnated stagnating

Translations

76 translations across 37 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

amti noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
kënétë noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Arabic

1 entries

رُكُود noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Armenian

2 entries

լճացում noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
ստագնացիա noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

durğunluq noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Bulgarian

2 entries

бездействие noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
стагнация noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Catalan

2 entries

estancació noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
estancament noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Chinese

1 entries

停滯 /停滞 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

停滯 /停滞 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

停滯 /停滞 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
停滯性 /停滞性 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Czech

1 entries

ustrnutí noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Dutch

1 entries

stagnatie noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Finnish

4 entries

jähmettyminen noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
lamaannus noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
lamaannustila noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
lamaantuminen noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

French

1 entries

stagnation noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Georgian

2 entries

უმოქმედობა noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
უძრაობა noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

German

2 entries

Stagnation noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
Stagnierung noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Greek

2 entries

απονέκρωση noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
αποτελμάτωση noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Hebrew

2 entries

סטגנציה noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
קיפאון noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Italian

1 entries

stagnazione noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Japanese

4 entries

不振 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
不活発 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
低迷 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
停滞 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Kazakh

1 entries

тоқырау noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Korean

3 entries

안주 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
정체 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
침체 noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Macedonian

2 entries

застој noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
стагнација noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Malayalam

1 entries

സ്തംഭനാവസ്ഥ noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Māori

3 entries

houtetetanga noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
patekotanga noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
whakamāraritanga noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

stagnasjon noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

stagnasjon noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

كساد noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Polish

4 entries

bezrybie noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
marazm noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
martwica noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
stagnacja noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Portuguese

4 entries

estagnação noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
marasmo noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
mesmice noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
paralisia noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Romanian

1 entries

stagnare noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Russian

2 entries

засто́й noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
стагна́ция noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Spanish

1 entries

estancamiento noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Swedish

1 entries

stagnation noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Turkish

1 entries

kış uykusu noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Ukrainian

2 entries

засті́й noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
стагна́ція noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Uzbek

1 entries

turgʻunlik noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Vietnamese

2 entries

đình trệ noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)
đình đốn noun (state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; an instance of this — see also inactivity)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Stagnation means regression.

Source: tatoeba (4872370)

Don't fear slow progress, only stagnation.

Source: tatoeba (6093012)

"My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere."

Source: tatoeba (6373678)

Is the Algerian economy doomed to stagnation?

Source: tatoeba (8197413)

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