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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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Unlike the dramatic upheavals of the Snowball Earth events or the Cambrian explosion, this period was marked by tectonic stability, climatic stasis and a seeming lack of evolutionary progress.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Political stasis has dogged Paris since snap parliamentary elections were held last June and July.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Despite the subtropical trappings, his stasis has a fundamental ordinariness, and that turns his trouble in paradise into a more universal call to stop sleepwalking through life.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Long regarded as the country of stasis and stagflation, and currently grappling with the blessings and curses of a weak yen, the country is ready to play a greater role in the global entertainment ecosystem moving forward.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2025
Unlike the dramatic upheavals of the Snowball Earth events or the Cambrian explosion, this period was marked by tectonic stability, climatic stasis and a seeming lack of evolutionary progress.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Political stasis has dogged Paris since snap parliamentary elections were held last June and July.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
Despite the subtropical trappings, his stasis has a fundamental ordinariness, and that turns his trouble in paradise into a more universal call to stop sleepwalking through life.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Stasis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stasis. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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