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stagnation

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stag·nate  (stgnt)
intr.v. stag·nat·ed, stag·nat·ing, stag·nates
To be or become stagnant.
[Latin stgnre, stgnt-, from stgnum, swamp.]
stag·nation n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stagnation - a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
doldrums, stagnancy
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
inaction, inactiveness, inactivity - the state of being inactive
2.stagnation - inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
stagnancy
inaction, inactiveness, inactivity - the state of being inactive
Translations
stagnation [stægˈneɪʃən] n → estancamiento
stagnation [stægˈneɪʃən] n → stagnation f
stagnation [stægˈneɪʃən] stagnate n → Stagnation f
stagnation [stægˈneɪʃən] n → stagnazione f; ristagno


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The complexity of Petersburg, as a rule, had a stimulating effect on him, rousing him out of his Moscow stagnation.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Owing to occasional retrogressions, to still more frequent moral and intellectual stagnation, and to the extraordinary fecundity of the Criminal and Vagabond Classes, there is always a vast superfluity of individuals of the half degree and single degree class, and a fair abundance of Specimens up to 10 degrees.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
It was a stagnation in which, full of pity for him, Anne of Austria would not have willingly left him; but in order to attract the attention of the sick man by some brilliant stroke, she must have either won or lost.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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