Stasis
noun
A state where things stay the same, and there is no progress or development.
Political stasis threatened to hinder the country's development.
Often appears as...
- political stasis
- economic stasis
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Academic
noun
In medicine, stasis refers to the stopping or slowing down of the normal flow of a body fluid, like blood, in a particular area.
The wound led to blood stasis in the injured leg, requiring immediate medical attention.
Often appears as...
- blood stasis
- lymph stasis
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Technical
noun
In biology, stasis is a period or state of little or no evolutionary change in a species.
Dinosaur species were in a state of stasis before the meteor strike caused their extinction.
Often appears as...
- evolutionary stasis
- biological stasis
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Formal
Technical
noun
A state where things stay the same, and there is no progress or development.
Political stasis threatened to hinder the country's development.
Often appears as...
- political stasis
- economic stasis
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
In medicine, stasis refers to the stopping or slowing down of the normal flow of a body fluid, like blood, in a particular area.
The wound led to blood stasis in the injured leg, requiring immediate medical attention.
Often appears as...
- blood stasis
- lymph stasis
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
In biology, stasis is a period or state of little or no evolutionary change in a species.
Dinosaur species were in a state of stasis before the meteor strike caused their extinction.
Often appears as...
- evolutionary stasis
- biological stasis
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Change Resistance
Stasis implies resistance to change in ideas, progress, or innovation, often hinting at frustration or impasse.
The company's leadership is in stasis, resisting new technologies.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Importance
The context, such as 'political' or 'economic,' determines stasis's implied challenges and impacts.
Economic stasis could lead to higher unemployment.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
Stasis is typically neutral but can be negative if progress is expected yet not happening.
Her career hit a period of stasis after years of rapid promotions.
Pro Tip 1/3Change Resistance
Stasis implies resistance to change in ideas, progress, or innovation, often hinting at frustration or impasse.
The company's leadership is in stasis, resisting new technologies.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Importance
The context, such as 'political' or 'economic,' determines stasis's implied challenges and impacts.
Economic stasis could lead to higher unemployment.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
Stasis is typically neutral but can be negative if progress is expected yet not happening.
Her career hit a period of stasis after years of rapid promotions.
Pro Tip 1/3Change Resistance
Stasis implies resistance to change in ideas, progress, or innovation, often hinting at frustration or impasse.
The company's leadership is in stasis, resisting new technologies.
Pro Tip 2/3Context Importance
The context, such as 'political' or 'economic,' determines stasis's implied challenges and impacts.
Economic stasis could lead to higher unemployment.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Tone
Stasis is typically neutral but can be negative if progress is expected yet not happening.
Her career hit a period of stasis after years of rapid promotions.
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a special enzyme in the walls of blood capillaries that breaks down fats in the blood, so when you sit, you're not burning fat nearly as well as when you move around. What effect does all of this stasis have on the brain? Most of the time, you probably sit down to use your brain,
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for countless other readers and writers who sought to break the silence surrounding issues of trauma, frustration, and sexuality. "Ariel" is also filled with moving meditations on heartbreak and creativity. The title poem begins “Stasis in darkness/
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A powerful way to...
Or maybe you just can't find the solution to the problem that you're working on. And being stuck like that means stasis, stress, possibly even depression. But if you have another exciting, challenging project to work on,
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Shea Hembrey: How I...
She heals with color. And she's one of the most prolific of all these hundred artists, even though she's going to be 90 next year. This is by Z. Zhou, and he's interested in stasis. Next is by Hilda Singh,
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
was set at forty days. Although it did little to protect ports from infection, the directive stuck. From the Italian word quaranta, meaning forty, this period of stasis was given the name quarantine.
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The World Machine PIPE...
As Ethic weaves her way towards the innermost maze, her radio picks up a transmission. Octavia has freed hundreds of members of the resistance from stasis.
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The Prison Break PIPE Think...
Upon emerging from stasis, Ethic is the unfortunate recipient of three surprises. The a prison cell. The complete amnesia.
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After billions of years...
It's a war between monotony and novelty, between stasis and creativity. And in this war, our side is not destined to lose.
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Nalini Nadkarni: Life...
Trees epitomize stasis. Trees are rooted in the ground in one place for many human generations,
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Why should you read...
Following a devastating nuclear war, Lilith Iyapo awakens after 250 years of stasis
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Why sitting is bad for...
a special enzyme in the walls of blood capillaries that breaks down fats in the blood, so when you sit, you're not burning fat nearly as well as when you move around. What effect does all of this stasis have on the brain? Most of the time, you probably sit down to use your brain,
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Why should you read...
for countless other readers and writers who sought to break the silence surrounding issues of trauma, frustration, and sexuality. "Ariel" is also filled with moving meditations on heartbreak and creativity. The title poem begins “Stasis in darkness/
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A powerful way to...
Or maybe you just can't find the solution to the problem that you're working on. And being stuck like that means stasis, stress, possibly even depression. But if you have another exciting, challenging project to work on,
Video examples
Shea Hembrey: How I...
She heals with color. And she's one of the most prolific of all these hundred artists, even though she's going to be 90 next year. This is by Z. Zhou, and he's interested in stasis. Next is by Hilda Singh,
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
was set at forty days. Although it did little to protect ports from infection, the directive stuck. From the Italian word quaranta, meaning forty, this period of stasis was given the name quarantine.
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The World Machine PIPE...
As Ethic weaves her way towards the innermost maze, her radio picks up a transmission. Octavia has freed hundreds of members of the resistance from stasis.
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The Prison Break PIPE Think...
Upon emerging from stasis, Ethic is the unfortunate recipient of three surprises. The a prison cell. The complete amnesia.
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After billions of years...
It's a war between monotony and novelty, between stasis and creativity. And in this war, our side is not destined to lose.
Video examples
Nalini Nadkarni: Life...
Trees epitomize stasis. Trees are rooted in the ground in one place for many human generations,
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Why should you read...
Following a devastating nuclear war, Lilith Iyapo awakens after 250 years of stasis
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Arne Glimcher
American Director
If Abstract Expression reached for the sublime, Pop turned ordinary imagery into icons. Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol illuminated the transformative power of context and the process of reproduction. Claes Oldenburg's soft ice-cream cones and hamburgers changed sculpture from hard to soft, from stasis to transformation.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
A life of stasis would be population control, combined with energy rationing. That is the stasis world that you live in if you stay. And even with improvements in efficiency, you'll still have to ration energy. That, to me, doesn't sound like a very exciting civilization for our grandchildren's grandchildren to live in.
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Said Sayrafiezadeh
American Playwright
Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
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Lee Unkrich
American Director
Typically in animation, the characters exist in a kind of stasis. Look at 'The Simpsons' - they never age, the baby never grows up - or 'Peanuts' - the kids never grow up, they always stay the same age.
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Jonathan Evison
American Writer
I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?
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Mira Nair
Indian Director
I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.
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Cory Monteith
Canadian Actor
Maybe it'll be like 'The Simpsons,' and everybody will remain unchanged. Maybe that's what 'Glee's about. Maybe this is kind of a stasis show. I don't know.
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Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.
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Jim Gray
American Politician
I don't believe in stasis - either you are growing or dying.
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Bono
Irish Singer
It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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Arne Glimcher
American Director
If Abstract Expression reached for the sublime, Pop turned ordinary imagery into icons. Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol illuminated the transformative power of context and the process of reproduction. Claes Oldenburg's soft ice-cream cones and hamburgers changed sculpture from hard to soft, from stasis to transformation.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
A life of stasis would be population control, combined with energy rationing. That is the stasis world that you live in if you stay. And even with improvements in efficiency, you'll still have to ration energy. That, to me, doesn't sound like a very exciting civilization for our grandchildren's grandchildren to live in.
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Said Sayrafiezadeh
American Playwright
Stasis is something that has marked my life since I was a boy growing up in Pittsburgh with my mother. It was the natural state that we existed in. For one thing, she suffered from a debilitating depression throughout my childhood, and depression is nothing if not static.
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Lee Unkrich
American Director
Typically in animation, the characters exist in a kind of stasis. Look at 'The Simpsons' - they never age, the baby never grows up - or 'Peanuts' - the kids never grow up, they always stay the same age.
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Jonathan Evison
American Writer
I just need to believe that we're not in some form of stasis, that we can try to be whoever we want to be. We probably won't get there, but we might get a little bit closer, you know?
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Mira Nair
Indian Director
I know what it's like to be in one place and dream of another. I also know what it's like to feel that nostalgia is a fairly useless thing because it is stasis.
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Cory Monteith
Canadian Actor
Maybe it'll be like 'The Simpsons,' and everybody will remain unchanged. Maybe that's what 'Glee's about. Maybe this is kind of a stasis show. I don't know.
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Emmanuel Macron
French Politician
Brexit is the other face of the refugee crisis - tensions that lead to stasis, external risks that lead to asymmetric shocks.
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Jim Gray
American Politician
I don't believe in stasis - either you are growing or dying.
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Bono
Irish Singer
It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
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