Entry: stasis (n.)
In context: See previous.
Definition: b. gen. Inactivity; stagnation; a state of motionless or unchanging equilibrium.
Other: Also, and this will be useful at cocktail parties: In the psychoanalytical theory of Wilhelm Reich (see Reichian adj. and n.), a hypothetical accumulation of unused or repressed sexual energy.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 1027
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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