Synonyms for stagnation
stag·na·tion

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1. stagnation, stagnancy, doldrumsnoun

   a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

   "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"

   Synonyms:
   stagnancy, doldrums

2. stagnation, stagnancynoun

   inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation

   Synonyms:
   stagnancy, doldrums

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1. • Inaction

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1. List of paraphrases for "stagnation":

   stalemate, impasse, deadlock, standstill, recession, stagnating, slump, sluggishness, paralysis, inertia, gridlock, logjam, stalling

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1. Boston Consulting Group:

   No two recessions are alike. I don't think people are deeply concerned about a major recession or massive stagnation.

2. President Serzh Sarksyan:

   We will have a political stagnation in the country, if we don't support these changes, the changes will make cooperation between different branches of government more effective ... and facilitate economic development and the protection of human rights.

3. Colin Wilson:

   Boredom, passivity, stagnation: these are the beginning of mental illness, which propagates itself like the scum on a stagnant pond.

4. Ted Cruz:

   Listen, if Donald becomes president, who the heck knows what he would do? Even Donald doesn't know what he would do, and I think the challenges facing this country are too grave to roll the dice and risk losing the Supreme Court for a generation, risk yet more economic stagnation and risk on foreign policy allowing radical Islamic terrorism to continue to rise and threaten America.

5. Mario Cuomo:

   We work harder and we earn less. Income inequality is at the highest point in over a century. While American capitalism never guaranteed success, it did guarantee opportunity, for too many, the dream of economic mobility has been replaced with a nightmare of economic stagnation.