Synonyms for catatonic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kat-uh-ton-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkæt əˈtɒn ɪk


Définition of catatonic

Origin :
  • 1899, from catatonia + -ic. As a noun from 1902.
  • adj unaware
Example sentences :
  • But I think he is catatonic now; he has lost all touch with the outside.
  • Extract from : « The Penal Cluster » by Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
  • You say he was in a state of catatonic shock when they removed him from the machine?
  • Extract from : « The Dueling Machine » by Benjamin William Bova
  • An important "catatonic" symptom is a tendency to sudden, impulsive, unexplainable acts.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • The stupor merged into a catatonic state merely by the development of the inconsistency in her affective reactions.
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • The author comments on the absence of senseless motor phenomena, such as would be expected in a "catatonic."
  • Extract from : « Benign Stupors » by August Hoch
  • Two men with rifles plunged into the gas; sighing, they fell to the floor in a catatonic trance.
  • Extract from : « The Green Beret » by Thomas Edward Purdom
  • Raecke further calls attention to the manifold similarities which these conditions may show with catatonic processes.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Forensic Psychiatry » by Bernard Glueck
  • Kutner, in a work on the catatonic states in degenerates, describes this condition at length.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Forensic Psychiatry » by Bernard Glueck
  • June 28, 1911:—He remains in same apparent stuporous and catatonic attitude.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Forensic Psychiatry » by Bernard Glueck

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