stasis

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an abnormal state in which the normal flow of a liquid (such as blood) is slowed or stopped
noun inactivity resulting from a static balance between opposing forces

From New Latin stasis, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis). See the doublet stead.

It produces also a stasis of the mind. — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce
=ecstasy.= From two Greek words "ex" and "stasis," meaning standing outside oneself. — Stories from Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore
[83] The five forms of Plato are these: [Greek: ousia, tauton, heteron, stasis, kinêsis.] — Cicero's Tusculan Disputations: Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth, Marcus Tullius Cicero

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