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Definition of Stagnancy
1. Noun. Inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation.
Generic synonyms: Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity
Derivative terms: Stagnant, Stagnate, Stagnate, Stagnate, Stagnate
2. Noun. A state of inactivity (in business or art etc). "Economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
Category relationships: Art, Artistic Creation, Artistic Production, Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Generic synonyms: Inaction, Inactiveness, Inactivity
Derivative terms: Stagnant, Stagnate, Stagnate, Stagnate, Stagnate
Definition of Stagnancy
1. n. State of being stagnant.
Definition of Stagnancy
1. Noun. The property of being stagnant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stagnancy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stagnancy
Literary usage of Stagnancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1850)
"22, 1850. the very stagnancy of the blood in then), opposing an increasing obstacle
to its ... stagnancy ..."
2. Maxims of Public Health by Orlando Williams Wight (1884)
"... during epidemics ; " That skillful and complete works of sanitation and the
removal of the conditions of stagnancy and putrefactive decomposition, ..."
3. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1873)
"But my colleagues of the Metropolitan Sanitary Commission of Health, and of the
First General Board, agreed with myself that any such stagnancy was not a ..."
4. Beverages and Their Adulteration: Origin, Composition, Manufacture, Natural by Harvey Washington Wiley (1919)
"This condition of stagnancy often occurs in reservoirs of water which are intended
for potable purposes, especially during the hot months. ..."
5. Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, 1845-1846 (1861)
"... stagnancy of mind must be the result; the judgment is weakened and passion is
strengthened, and there is, therefore, less restraint upon conduct. ..."
6. Western Law Reporter (Canada) and Index-digest by Edward Betley Brown, L. S. Le Vernois, Esten Kenneth Williams (1905)
"The exact point where« this stagnancy commenced may not be clearly proved.
It may have been caused by a leakage, as, for instance, the door of a manway not ..."
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