Catalepsy
Catalepsy noun - A trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli.
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Synonyms for Catalepsy
Rigor and catalepsy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rigor" instead a noun "Catalepsy".
Nearby Word: cataleptic
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- Catalepsy is a medical condition in which the sufferer will sometimes enter a rigor mortis-like state in which they appear to be dead.
Source: Faux Death -
Faux Death: As the game progresses, you learn that Victorine was diagnosed with catalepsy, a medical condition which causes the sufferer to enter a rigor mortis-like state easily mistaken for death (at least in Poe's time).
Source: Videogame / Dark Tales
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Rigor and Catalepsy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/catalepsy/rigor
Catalepsy & Rigor. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/catalepsy/rigor>.
Rigor or Catalepsy. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/catalepsy/rigor.
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