stagnations

Noun

stagnation (countable and uncountable, plural stagnations)

1. (uncountable) The state of lacking flow or motion, usually causing a lack of freshness or health; (countable) an instance of this.
   • Factors known to encourage the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include the stagnation of the water.

   Synonyms:

   restagnation, stagnance, stagnancy

2. (figuratively, uncountable) The state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactivity, staleness; (countable) an instance of this.
   • The general concern about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system.

   Synonyms:

   restagnation, stagnance, stagnancy

3. (figuratively, uncountable) The state of low or no growth in an economy; (countable) an instance of this.
   • [T]he Credit Cycle, though guilty of disastrous excesses and grave crimes, has a part to play in a progressive society, and […] an attempt to check it altogether might produce stagnation as well as stability.1930, John Maynard Keynes, “Some Special Aspects of the Credit Cycle”, in A Treatise on Money […], volume I (The Pure Theory of Money), London: Macmillan and Co., […], →OCLC, book IV (The Dynamics of...

   Synonyms:

   restagnation, stagnance, stagnancy