catatonia
noun
cat·a·to·nia ˌka-tə-ˈtō-nē-ə 
: a psychomotor disturbance that may involve muscle rigidity, stupor or mutism, purposeless movements, negativism, echolalia, and inappropriate or unusual posturing and is associated with various medical conditions (such as schizophrenia and mood disorders)
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Recent Examples on the Web From ice-water plunges to the early days of electroshock therapy, from lobotomies (honored with a Nobel Prize in 1949) to Thorazine catatonia, its treatments belong to the pages of a dark dystopian novel. 
Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 The wobbly territory between reality and paranoia is sensitively portrayed by Joan Allen in her role as Lisey’s sister Amanda, who is treated at a mental institution for catatonia and self-harm, afflictions that mask otherworldly secrets. New York Times, 3 June 2021 That’s what director-choreographer Josh Rhodes and Co. managed to do at the Kennedy Center, with this smashing revival-in-concert of the hallucinogenic story of a boy who goes from catatonia to superstardom. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019 Dorothy’s grief is portrayed as bizarre in its depth, with its dolls and nannies and inconvenient catatonia. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2019 That is: The Democratic nominee must be utterly, unassailably vanilla lest the orange one enact the ultimate disaster — reelection — a prospect that terrifies many into near catatonia, including me. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019 Other important neurological side effects include psychosis, panic attacks, agitation, confusion and catatonia. Susan Scutti, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018 These patients suffer from acute psychiatric conditions, including treatment-resistant depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis and catatonia. Amy S.f. Lutz, Philly.com, 19 Oct. 2017 Ugliness is also a way of responding to the difficulty of being a painter now — self-conscious to the point of catatonia, asked to practice a medium that has routinely and falsely been declared dead since its inception. Charlie Fox, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017 See More
Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 The wobbly territory between reality and paranoia is sensitively portrayed by Joan Allen in her role as Lisey’s sister Amanda, who is treated at a mental institution for catatonia and self-harm, afflictions that mask otherworldly secrets. New York Times, 3 June 2021 That’s what director-choreographer Josh Rhodes and Co. managed to do at the Kennedy Center, with this smashing revival-in-concert of the hallucinogenic story of a boy who goes from catatonia to superstardom. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2019 Dorothy’s grief is portrayed as bizarre in its depth, with its dolls and nannies and inconvenient catatonia. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 28 Nov. 2019 That is: The Democratic nominee must be utterly, unassailably vanilla lest the orange one enact the ultimate disaster — reelection — a prospect that terrifies many into near catatonia, including me. BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019 Other important neurological side effects include psychosis, panic attacks, agitation, confusion and catatonia. Susan Scutti, CNN, 6 Apr. 2018 These patients suffer from acute psychiatric conditions, including treatment-resistant depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis and catatonia. Amy S.f. Lutz, Philly.com, 19 Oct. 2017 Ugliness is also a way of responding to the difficulty of being a painter now — self-conscious to the point of catatonia, asked to practice a medium that has routinely and falsely been declared dead since its inception. Charlie Fox, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from German Katatonie, from kata- cata- + New Latin -tonia
First Known Use
circa 1891, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
catatonia
noun
cata·to·nia ˌkat-ə-ˈtō-nē-ə
: a marked psychomotor disturbance that may involve stupor or mutism, negativism, rigidity, purposeless excitement, echolalia, echopraxia, and inappropriate or bizarre posturing and is associated with various medical conditions (such as schizophrenia, Huntington's disease, or Wilson's disease)
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