quiescence
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9.8
- noun
- /kwɪˈɛsəns/
:
quietud
- During the long winter months, the garden fell into a state of quiescence, with no plants blooming or growing.
- period of quiescence
- political quiescence
Examples
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Given labor quiescence and disorganization throughout the region, such a strategy is likely to have a great deal of appeal.
Academic text (1991) -
Could it be that our society's most angry—justifiably angry—are being medicated into quiescence?
Academic text (2011) -
Two trends appear to have made the most significant contribution to the shift from quiescence to political action.
Academic text (1996) -
And we assume, as with bullfrogs, that during the summer crawfish frogs have periods of quiescence.
Academic text (2010) -
In 1926, forced into political quiescence by the party's leadership, Il Selvaggio became a cultural and satirical paper.
Academic text (1998) -
After a period of quiescence from 2005, another rabies epizootic occurred in Flagstaff during 2008 (Figure 1, panel A).
Academic text (2012) -
Most explanations of previous quiescence have emphasized successful efforts to confine workers to state-controlled interest organizations and co-opt them with limited social benefits.
Academic text (1996) -
In lieu of gaining legitimacy in other ways, the ruling party and its government relied on purchasing public quiescence by making spending commitments the country could ill afford.
Academic text (1994) -
According to Kleinman, "Chronic illnesses tend to oscillate between periods of exacerbation, when symptoms worsen, to periods of quiescence, when disability is less disruptive" (7).
Academic text (2014) -
After a period of intense activity, the company's projects entered a phase of quiescence as everyone took a much-needed break.
Synonyms
38
3.5
A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm
3
6.2
A time when a plant or animal is inactive and not growing
A time when a place or thing is quiet and not active
Antonyms
How Quiet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quiescence comes from the Latin root quies meaning 'rest' and is related to the English word quiet. So, quiescence describes a time of calm or inactivity, a kind of 'quiet' or rest.