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catatonic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for catatonic.

Editorial note

If you're feeling near catatonic, you might try being near catatonic in the park, in a back yard or anywhere where you can sit outside.

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Quick take

(medicine) A patient in a state of catatonia.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of catatonic gathered in one view.

noun

(medicine) A patient in a state of catatonia.

adjective

(figuratively) Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn.

adjective

(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for catatonic.

noun

(medicine) A patient in a state of catatonia.

adjective

(figuratively) Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn.

adjective

(medicine) Of, relating to, or suffering from catatonia; having a tendency to remain in a rigid state of stupor for long periods which give way to short periods of extreme agitation.

Example sentences

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If you're feeling near catatonic, you might try being near catatonic in the park, in a back yard or anywhere where you can sit outside.

2

It doesn't mean go catatonic, it just means learning to recognize the thoughts that resonate with your negativity, and moving your focus away from those.

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Triggers are powerful psychological events, things that make people near-catatonic, unable to act, have physical and psychological repercussions.

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If you limited yourself to only what you can support by direct observation, you would be catatonic or dead.

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She was expecting me to hit her with the belt, and was nigh catatonic from it.

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The sandwich went only half way up to their mouth and they slipped into a catatonic state looking at the colors.

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It induces a catatonic state in the vast majority of people, but it's an amphetamine-like stimulant to a tiny minority of partisans.

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Maybe the AI will be sufficiently intelligent to just become catatonic in short order.

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Nodes that don't see enough master nodes will go into a catatonic state and won't accept writes, effectively preventing a split-brain syndrome.

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Most of us, except for maybe the mentally handicapped or the catatonic, know what we are doing.

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It certainly isn't, my poor server went catatonic under the relentless onslaught.

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It is debatable whether building a $1.6B catatonic brain will advance neuroscience more than a comprehensive, experimentally matched simulation of a simpler system first.

Quote examples

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I've become conditioned to go catatonic when I see a sentence structured like "It's not X (that is Y), it's Z"

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It matters to me because I care about the engineers here - and they seem collectively likely to either short every AI company IPOing, or just quietly ignore AI impact on their livelihood, or head off into a corner and go catatonic - all based on a worldview that “this is collective insanity and everything here is going to eventually go bankrupt” — none of those are good outcomes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use catatonic in a sentence?

If you're feeling near catatonic, you might try being near catatonic in the park, in a back yard or anywhere where you can sit outside.

What does catatonic mean?

(medicine) A patient in a state of catatonia.

What part of speech is catatonic?

catatonic is commonly used as noun, adjective.