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catastatic

catastatic adjective: relating to catastasis.

Adjective

catastatic

  1. Relating to catastasis.
    • A few hours ago, before the weary day-shift trudged into work (weary this day especially, following last night’s excess and post-catastatic exhaustion), she intercepted Jimmy’s legs. His legs stuck out from beneath one of the Department sedans.1999, Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist, Fleet (2017), page 163

Origin of catastatic

From catastasis + -tic.

Words formed from catastatic

Questions about catastatic

What does catastatic mean?
Catastatic means relating to catastasis.
What part of speech is catastatic?
Catastatic is an adjective.

Words near catastatic in the dictionary

  1. catastaltic
  2. catastases
  3. catastasis
  4. catastate
  5. catastates
  6. catastatic
  7. catastematic
  8. catasterise
  9. catasterised
  10. catasterises
  11. catasterising

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