stasis
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈsteɪsɪs/
- Formal
- 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
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Watch on YouTubeThe 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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7.3
A situation with no movement, change or progress
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8.6
A state in which something does not move or change
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6.5
Still water that does not move in pipes or lakes, causing poor quality
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9.9
A state that stays the same for some time but then changes when disturbed
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8.4
When something stays in the same place and does not change over time
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8.6
A state of staying the same over time
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8.3
A state where rules keep prices or policies from changing
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9.5
A condition of staying in one place without moving
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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.