stasis

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) A slackening or arrest of the blood current, due not to a lessening of the heart’s beat, but to some abnormal resistance of the capillary walls.
2. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Inactivity; a freezing, or state of motionlessness.
3. (uncountable, usually) A technology allowing something to be artificially frozen in time, so that it does not age or change.
4. (uncountable, usually) One of the sections of a cathisma or portion of the psalter.

Opposite of

movement, flux

Synonyms

standstill

stand

layover

stop

🛑

detention

freeze

insurgence

insurgency

mutiny

pose

quiescence

rebellion

rest

revolt

riot

sedition

sluggishness

stagnancy

stagnation

stance

standing

stillness

stopover

tie-up

keeping in check

posture

static equilibrium

static balance

attitude

check

deadlock

Translations

stasi

stase

estase

stase

estasi

Stasis

estasis

orgânico

estagnação

permanência

imutabilidade

imobilismo

organismo

stabiliteit

Stase

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsteɪsɪs/

Etymology

From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead.