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stagnation

stag·na·tion

UK/stæɡˈneɪʃn̩/ US/stæɡˈneɪʃən/ uncommon

noun

1.

a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

  • “economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation”
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2.

inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation

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Origin

From stagnate + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process, or its result), Stagnate is derived from stagnāt-, the participial stem of Latin stagnāre, the present active infinitive of stāgnō (“of waters: to cover the land as a lake, to become a pool, to stagnate”), from stāgnum (“body of standing water (lake, swamp, etc.)”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to drip; to seep”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

Phrases

  • stagnation point

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