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stagnation

[stag-ney-shuhn]

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noun

the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow.
Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
a foulness or staleness, as one emanating from a standing pool of water.
a failure to develop, progress, or advance.
periods of economic stagnation followed by bursts of growth.
the state or quality of being or feeling sluggish and dull.
Happily, they have been able to avoid stagnation in their ten-year marriage.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stagnation¹

stagn(ate) + -ation

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In this accounting, feminism made women selfish and undesirable, men no longer exhibit sufficient “masculine energy,” and the result is .. wage stagnation?

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"We are seeing low fertility, population ageing, population stagnation used as an excuse to implement nationalist, anti-migrant policies and gender conservative policies," he says.

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Today's economic figures may reflect erratic trade war factors, and bounceback from stagnation at the end of last year.

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Singaporeans went to the polls on Saturday worrying about inflation, wage stagnation and job prospects.

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But after a decade of stagnation, the big question is: can they scale up - and will the government back them?

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