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Antonyms for stagnation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : stag-ney-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : stægˈneɪ ʃən |
Definition of stagnation
- noun inactivity
- True, we have come far from the days of stagnation and despair.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Thus the stagnation of the lower orders could easily be understood.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- The inventor of words being a patron of the flux, was a great enemy to stagnation.
- Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
- Only her heart lived; lived with the passive life of stagnation.
- Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
- He looked to Barbara like an undertaker who mourned the stagnation of trade.
- Extract from : « Cruel Barbara Allen » by David Christie Murray
- Stability brought the danger of stagnation, to which we succumbed.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- The latter fact he might have deduced from the stagnation of the atmosphere.
- Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
- Yet he would rather have Craddock, and the town open, than Morgan and stagnation.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- Like a stone plumped into a pool the major and Harry reëntered this stagnation.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
- Such a thing as absolute rest, or stagnation, is unknown in the universe.
- Extract from : « Aether and Gravitation » by William George Hooper
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