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Definition: Stagnancy |
StagnancyNoun1. Inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation. 2. A state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stagnancy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
Synonyms: StagnancySynonyms: doldrums (n), stagnation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Quiescence | Noun: rest; stillness; Adjective: quiescence; stagnation, stagnancy; fixity, immobility, catalepsy; indisturbance; quietism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "stagnancy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ngecje ekonomike (stagnation), gjendje amullie (stagnation), amulli (inertia, quiescence, quiescency, slack, stagnation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جمود (deadlock, immobility, inactivity, indolence, inertness, motionlessness, solid state, solidity, stagnation), آسن (putrefactive, putrid, stagnant, stagnation), ركود (doldrums, down, lull, paralysis, recession, slackness, slump, stagnation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неподвижност (accidie, acedia, fixedness, fixity, immobility, immovability, quiescence, quiescency, rigidity, torpor), застоялост (stagnation), бездействие (idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertness, quiescence, quiescency, stagnation, vacancy), инертност (heaviness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, lethargy, quiescence, quiescency, stagnation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stojatost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | رکود (Inaction, Inactivity, Slump), بی حرکتی (Inaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stagnation (stagnation), croupissement (stagnation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stagnation (stagnation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στασιμότησ (inactivity, stagnation), στασιμότητα (inactivity, stagnation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pangás (depression, doldrums, dullness, slack, slack time, slump, stagnation, stasis), tespedés (backwater, sloth, stagnation), stagnálás (backwater, stagnation), állás (berth, chair, duty, job, niche, occupation, place, placement, pos, position, post, stagnation, stall, stance, stand, station). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agnancystay estagnação (stagnation). (various references) застой (sluggishness, stagnation, standstill, stasis). (various references) zastoj (deadlock, halt, hitch, hold up, malfunction, misfire, pause, slowdown, stagnation, stand, standstill, stasis, stoppage, tie up), zaostalost (backwardness, backwater, retardation, retardment), mrtvilo (deadness, impasse, lethargy). (various references) estancamiento (blockage, stagnation, stalemate). (various references) tembellik (dalliance, dilatoriness, idleness, inaction, inactivity, indolence, inertia, laziness, slackness, sloth, sluggishness, stagnation, vacancy), miskinlik (laziness, slackness, sloth), kesatlık (flatness, slackness, stagnation, tie up, tightness), hareketsizlik (immobility, inaction, inactivity, inertia, inertness, quiet, quietness, quietude, rest, stagnation, still, stillness), durgunluk (backwater, calm, calmness, deadlock, deadness, inaction, inactivity, inanimation, inertness, languor, placidity, recession, recessional, serenity, slack, slackness, slump, stagnation, stillness). (various references) інертність (inertia, passivism), застій (back water, depression, stagnation, stasis). (various references) sự ứ đọng (stagnation), sự đình đốn tình trạng mụ mẫm (stagnation), tình trạng tù hãm sự đình trệ (stagnation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Stagnancy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: stagnany, stannary. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stagnancy" (pronounced 'Stag"nan*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-g-n-n-s-t-y" | |
-3 letters: cannas, nancys, sancta, satang, scanty. | |
-4 letters: angas, angst, annas, antas, antsy, canna, canny, canst, cants, canty, cyans, gnats, naans, nanas, nancy, nasty, sanga, satay, scant, stagy, stang, tangs, tangy, tansy, yangs. | |
-5 letters: acta, acts, agas, anas, anga, anna, ansa, anta, ants, cagy, cans, cant, casa, cast, cats, cays, cyan, cyst, gast, gats, gays. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-g-n-n-s-t-y" | |
+4 letters: fascinatingly. | |
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