1
: a slowing or stoppage of the normal flow of a bodily fluid or semifluid: such as
a
: slowing of the current of circulating blood
b
: reduced motility of the intestines with retention of feces
2
a
: a state of static balance or equilibrium : stagnation
b
: a state or period of stability during which little or no evolutionary change in a lineage occurs
plural -stases
1
: stoppage : slowing
hemostasis
bacteriostasis
2
: stable state
homeostasis
Examples of stasis in a Sentence
Noun
The country is in economic stasis.
His art was characterized by bursts of creativity followed by long periods of stasis.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
What To Know In his address to the Security Council, Guterres urged members to consider substantial reforms to help counter the stasis that has seemingly set in the council as a result of its current structure.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Daedone wanted to savor decrescendo, too, as well as stasis, stupor, spiritual awakening, and whatever other sensations the stroke brought out.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
These migrants became figures left in a historical stasis, unable to face their present while nursing traumatic loss (their nostalgic literature constitutes an entire genre).
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Noun
In stasis, much like that crime scene.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
What To Know In his address to the Security Council, Guterres urged members to consider substantial reforms to help counter the stasis that has seemingly set in the council as a result of its current structure.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Daedone wanted to savor decrescendo, too, as well as stasis, stupor, spiritual awakening, and whatever other sensations the stroke brought out.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
These migrants became figures left in a historical stasis, unable to face their present while nursing traumatic loss (their nostalgic literature constitutes an entire genre).
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stasis. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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