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catatonia Noun a form of schizophrenia in which the sufferer experiences stupor, with outbreaks of excitement [Greek kata- down + tonos tension] catatonic adj catatonia one of various forms of schizophrenia characterized by stupor, sometimes alternating with excited behavior and mechanical, repetitive behavior, accompanied by muscular rigidity. — catatonic, n., adj. See also: Insanity
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| Echoing Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays," the poet registers how his sensitivities awaken to the sacrifices that his own father made as well as to the meaning of his catatonia. For this group of films, the artist asked sixteen actors to execute scripted sequences of what she calls "attitudes"--behavioral cues ranging from the emotive catatonia and melancholic loss to the physical bayonet in the back, golf swing, and speech to the senate--and to repeat this limited vocabulary of movements precisely. Most contemporary scholarship regarding demon possession goes the route of categorizing it in terms of illness: epilepsy or schizophrenia, mania or bipolar disorder, catatonia or autism. |
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