paralysis

CEFRC1

/pəˈɹæləsəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Loss of the ability to move part or all of the body.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A state of being unable to act.

Examples

  • His paralysis is progressing, and soon he won't be able to get out of bed.

  • There have been several cases of infantile paralysis.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person's body, such as one or more limbs.

More examples

In context

  • The government has been in a paralysis since it lost its majority in the parliament.

  • Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Latin paralysis, from Ancient Greek παράλυσις (parálusis, “palsy”), from παραλύω (paralúō, “to disable on one side”). By surface analysis, para- + -lysis. Doublet of palsy.