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katastatic

katastatic is the alternative form of catastatic.

Meaning of catastatic

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

Questions about katastatic

What is katastatic the alternative form of?
Katastatic is the alternative form of catastatic.

Words near katastatic in the dictionary

  1. katashiro
  2. katastases
  3. katastasis
  4. katastate
  5. katastates
  6. katastatic
  7. katastematic
  8. katasukashi
  9. katathermometer
  10. katathermometers
  11. katatonia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: katastatic (page history and authors); catastatic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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