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Catatonic meaning

  1. 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.
  2. Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn.

Synonyms of Catatonic

tonicity tonus tone

Related words

Other words often associated with Catatonic or its synonyms:

tautness tension tenseness quality verbalize speak delivery colour mouth timbre talk speech

Using Catatonic

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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. | Motionless and unresponsive, as from shock; withdrawn.
  • Useful related words include: tonicity, tonus, tone.
  • In the example corpus, catatonic often appears in combinations such as: catatonic state, the catatonic, of catatonic.

Context around Catatonic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

named 1× vessel 1× near 1× nearly 1× mania 1× distinguish 1× completely 1× paranoid 1×

Often after:

patients 1× father 1× agent 1× refugee 1× linda 1× schizophrenia 1× philosopher 1× excitement 1× agitation 1× solely 1×

Sentence patterns with Catatonic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a near catatonic state 1× and a catatonic refugee has 1× and her catatonic father whose 1× brings the catatonic linda out 1× delirious mania catatonic excitement oneirophrenia 1× drug on catatonic patients thereby 1× enters a catatonic state like 1× fishing vessel catatonic is shown 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

defence industry minister 1× dorothy took the 1× festus just stood 1× förster nietzsche introduced 1× it appears as 1× it is important 1×

Common sentence endings:

a catatonic agent 1× a catatonic state 1× canada handout photo 1× catatonic excitement oneirophrenia 1× catatonic frozen state 1× evacuated from manus 1×

Words around Catatonic

Just before it in the word index:

catatonia 28 catastrophizing 4 catastrophism 2 catastrophising 2 catastrophically 32 catastrophic 746

Just after it in the word index:

catatumbo 4 catawba 53 catazaro 2 catbells 3 catbird 4 catbox 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdulrasheed 26 abhinav 26 aboriginals 26 abstractly 26 accidentals 26 accrues 26

Corpus analysis for Catatonic

  • In this selection, "catatonic" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, named, vessel, near, patients, father and agent stand out and add context to how "catatonic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a near catatonic state and and a catatonic refugee has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "catatonic" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with catatonic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

What is catatonic schizophrenia? (4 words)

However, he then goes into a catatonic state. (8 words)

There are two primary manifestations of catatonic behavior. (8 words)

Longer example sentences

Robin Williams and Robert De Niro lead the cast of this drama based on a 1973 memoir of the same name, about a doctor (Williams) who discovers the beneficial effects of a drug on catatonic patients, thereby gifting them a new lease on life. (44 words)

The class, dementia praecox, comprised the paranoid, catatonic and hebephrenic psychotic disorders, and these forms were found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders until the fifth edition was released, in May 2013. (35 words)

Defence Industry Minister Steven Ciobo has privately downplayed the chances of an Israeli embassy move, more than 100 government bodies have sought citizen metadata, and a catatonic refugee has been evacuated from Manus. (33 words)

Question examples

What is catatonic schizophrenia? (4 words)

Example sentences (20)

Tiffany Haddish, who plays Hi-C, adopted one named Catatonic.

She then enters a catatonic state like Clark was before, and the episode comes to an end.

Dorothy took the infant’s demise so hard that she was in a catatonic state for a time.

Robin Williams and Robert De Niro lead the cast of this drama based on a 1973 memoir of the same name, about a doctor (Williams) who discovers the beneficial effects of a drug on catatonic patients, thereby gifting them a new lease on life.

The sport fishing vessel Catatonic is shown in a Transportation Safety Board of Canada handout photo.

We also spent a lot of time learning about the relationship between Mina and her catatonic father whose mind was stuck in the Roxxon explosion.

Worse, one of the traps has a chance for a catatonic agent.

Defence Industry Minister Steven Ciobo has privately downplayed the chances of an Israeli embassy move, more than 100 government bodies have sought citizen metadata, and a catatonic refugee has been evacuated from Manus.

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Every time another shooting occurs, I enter a near-catatonic state.

Festus just stood there because the bell rang to end the match and he was nearly catatonic.

Now Trish Stratus brings the catatonic Linda out in her wheelchair.

What is catatonic schizophrenia?

Förster-Nietzsche introduced Steiner into the presence of the catatonic philosopher; Steiner, deeply moved, subsequently wrote the book Friedrich Nietzsche, Fighter for Freedom.

However, he then goes into a catatonic state.

It appears as the Kahlbaum syndrome (motionless catatonia), malignant catatonia (neuroleptic malignant syndrome, toxic serotonin syndrome ), and excited forms (delirious mania, catatonic excitement, oneirophrenia ).

It is important to distinguish catatonic agitation from severe bipolar mania, although someone could have both.

Lex even goes so far as to cure Lena's illness, and then immediately undoes the process, leaving her completely catatonic, solely in order to make a mocking point to Superboy and Superman.

Robin Williams played the physician; Robert De Niro was one of the patients who emerged from a catatonic (frozen) state.

The class, dementia praecox, comprised the paranoid, catatonic and hebephrenic psychotic disorders, and these forms were found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders until the fifth edition was released, in May 2013.

There are two primary manifestations of catatonic behavior.

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Common combinations with catatonic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "catatonic" in a sentence?
An example: "Tiffany Haddish, who plays Hi-C, adopted one named Catatonic." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "catatonic" from authentic English texts.
What does "catatonic" mean?
Catatonic means: 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.
What are synonyms of "catatonic"?
Common synonyms of "catatonic" include: tonicity, tonus, tone.
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