1
: a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: such as
a
: slowing of the current of circulating blood
b
: reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces
2
a
: a state of static balance or equilibrium : stagnation
b
: a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs
plural -stases
1
: stoppage : slowing
hemostasis
bacteriostasis
2
: stable state
homeostasis
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Noun
The country is in economic stasis.
His art was characterized by bursts of creativity followed by long periods of stasis.
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But when Nasseri embarked on his road trip, in early July, Joe Biden had still not pulled out of the Presidential race, and the country was in stasis.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
This calamitous stasis, coupled with Israel’s growing global isolation and increasingly gloomy economic outlook, contribute to a national sense of hopelessness and despair.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
Technology has advanced at the same rate that freedoms have regressed, and so the film’s sterile world feels caught in a semi-permanent stasis.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
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Noun
As his questioning crosses taboos and boundaries, raising Sister Barnes’ hackles, cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung’s camera, which has been cutting between various degrees of close-up as the conversation progresses, breaks free from stasis.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2024
But when Nasseri embarked on his road trip, in early July, Joe Biden had still not pulled out of the Presidential race, and the country was in stasis.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
This calamitous stasis, coupled with Israel’s growing global isolation and increasingly gloomy economic outlook, contribute to a national sense of hopelessness and despair.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
Technology has advanced at the same rate that freedoms have regressed, and so the film’s sterile world feels caught in a semi-permanent stasis.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stasis. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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