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catastasis

catastasis

9.9
A state or situation that exists now
  • noun
  • /kəˈtæstəsɪs/
  • Archaic
translation icon : catástasis
  • The historian analyzed the political catastasis of the country before the revolution.

Examples

  • The governor described the nation's economic catastasis as unstable after the market crash.

  • Writers of the era often described the moral catastasis of society in their works.

  • The catastasis was alarming.

  • This catastasis worries me!

  • The governor described the nation's economic catastasis as unstable after the market crash.

  • Writers of the era often described the moral catastasis of society in their works.

  • The historian analyzed the political catastasis of the country before the revolution.

Surface Forms

catastasis singular
catastases plural

Morphology

catastasis = stasis (opaque) = cata + stasis

Both elements are Greek combining forms and the word is rare/archaic, so an average learner would not reliably infer the meaning from its parts.

Etymology

Catastasis comes from Greek parts kata- 'down' and stasis 'standing', as in 'stand'. It once meant the 'standing' or 'state' of things, so it is used for a particular condition or situation.