cataleptic
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- adjective
- /ˌkætəˈlɛptɪk/
- Specialized
- He was found in a cataleptic state, unresponsive and perfectly still, looking as if he were asleep.
- cataleptic state
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Watch on YouTubeThey have cataleptic Fantasia in Greek, right, which is modeled as, you know, like a fist closing in on another fist.
- They have cataleptic Fantasia in Greek, right, which is modeled as, you know, like a fist closing in on another fist.
Examples
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In cataleptic trance, a man may live for days with no visible sign of life.
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He fell into a cataleptic state that kept him for a whole day in a state of apparent death.
Academic text (2001) -
Between then and sunset, they remain in a, sort of, uh, cataleptic state, during which they can be destroyed by two different means.
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I know I'm dying, really dying, because someone mistook one of my cataleptic fits for death.
Academic text (2015) -
As suggested by the Dorland's definition mentioned above, a cataleptic patient normally changes position, albeit passively, when put in another position by someone else.
Academic text (1999) -
Diabetic, cataleptic, narcoleptic, hyperlipidemia, cerebral.
Blog text (31) -
Rather ill since he and his wife arrived at the Parisian hotel after their long train ride from the provinces, Becaille, in a cataleptic state as of six o'clock on the morning of their third day in Paris, is mistaken for dead.
Academic text (1999) -
They have cataleptic Fantasia in Greek, right, which is modeled as, you know, like a fist closing in on another fist.
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As though they went to heaven and had a vision of glorious and delightful objects. Samuel Hopkins, Edwards's student and Buell's sometime traveling companion, noted that he had seen strange things this week, including radicals who claimed to have been with Christ during cataleptic trances in which they saw their names inscribed in the Book of Life.
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During the experiment, the subject displayed cataleptic symptoms, remaining motionless despite external stimuli.
Synonyms
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Unable to move or respond after a serious shock, often caused by illness
How Unresponsive
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Etymology
The adjective cataleptic comes from the same Greek roots kata- ('down') and lambanein ('to take' or 'seize'), which create the image of being 'seized down' and motionless. That's why we call a rigid, unresponsive condition cataleptic.