All stagnation synonyms
stag·na·tion
S s noun stagnation
- quiescence — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- bottom out — If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
- in-difference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
- hard times — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- depression — A depression is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.
- joblessness — without a job.
- downtrend — a downward or decreasing tendency, movement, or shift: a downtrend in gasoline consumption; a downtrend in stock prices.
- blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
- deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
- hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- deceleration — to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
- inoperativeness — The state or condition of being inoperative; nonfunction.
- drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- inertness — having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter.
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.
- falloff — a decline in quantity, vigor, etc.
- doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
- acedia — spiritual sloth or apathy
- inaction — absence of action; idleness.
- deliquescence — the process of deliquescing
- inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
- otiosity — being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- fecklessness — The state of being feckless.