stasis
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈsteɪsɪs/
- Formal
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- I think that we're in a period of what I call tech stasis where we aren't seeing any great changes in the technology environment around us.
- a period of stasis
- stasis rather than change
- stasis and movement
The dichotomy she illustrated between stasis and dynamism.
- The dichotomy she illustrated between stasis and dynamism.
- We've had two world wars and somehow we found our way back to stasis.
- And the, the big thing for me going from doing like sitcom to this is, you know, sitcoms are sort of about stasis.
- I've said this before, but I think the great delusion that we walk around with is that we are in some kind of perpetual stasis.
- They may get the short term excitement they're looking for, just the change, just the energy of getting out of stasis.
- I think that we're in a period of what I call tech stasis where we aren't seeing any great changes in the technology environment around us.
- The ancient Greeks called this by the term stasis.
- And maybe in one spot, like in my apartment, I sort of created a stasis between the pressure of Kippel and non Kippel for the time being.
Examples
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The atmosphere would find itself in a state of near radiative equilibrium and thus relative stasis.
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The idea of the advertising sign contains this tension between stasis and movement.
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We put ourselves in stasis, and stand by for rescue.
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Their lives were in a state of stasis because of their constant worries.
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There was a kind of a stasis and a kind of economic malaise and decline.
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You're in a period of stasis.
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The crew couldn't survive unless they were in stasis.
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The dichotomy she illustrated between stasis and dynamism.
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They're in stasis.
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After months of negotiations with no agreement, the peace talks reached a state of stasis and were put on hold.
Synonyms
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3.1
Being steady and not likely to change
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6.3
A state in which a plan or request waits without a decision
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6.8
A state of balance between opposite forces
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8.6
A state in which something does not move or change
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7.3
A situation with no movement, change or progress
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6.5
Still water that does not move in pipes or lakes, causing poor quality
A state of staying the same over time
When something stays in the same place and does not change over time
A condition of staying in one place without moving
A state where rules keep prices or policies from changing
A state that stays the same for some time but then changes when disturbed
Antonyms
Idioms
How Static
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stasis comes from an old Greek word meaning 'a standing' and the root sta- means 'to stand', like the English word stand. So a social or political stasis is a situation that 'stands still' with little change, often because two sides are balanced.