stagnation

Noun

Meaning

The condition of being stagnant; cessation of flowing or circulation, as of a fluid; the state of being motionless; as, the stagnation of the blood; the stagnation of water or air; the stagnation of vapors.

The cessation of action, or of brisk action; the state of being dull; as, the stagnation of business.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plateau rest depression failure decline nationalism recession congestion segregation inertia stalemate paralysis dormancy slump deadlock
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Antonyms

transfiguration development process way life move
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Hypernyms

inactivity inaction inactiveness

Phrases with the word

self-stagnation capital stagnation educational stagnation

Anagrams

antagonist

Examples

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. Leonardo da Vinci

Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos. Bertrand Russell

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. Arthur Conan Doyle

Any man who has the brains to think and the nerve to act for the benefit of the people of the country is considered a radical by those who are content with stagnation and willing to endure disaster. William Randolph Hearst

Life is never stagnation. It is constant movement, unrhythmic movement, as we as constant change. Things live by moving and gain strength as they go. Bruce Lee

Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation. Amy Lowell

Close letter words and terms

stagnant loop syndrome stagnantly stagnate stagnation point stagnational stagnationist