paralysisnoun [ C or U ]
uk/pəˈræl.ə.sɪs/us/pəˈræl.ə.sɪs/plural paralysesa condition in which you are unable to move all or part of your body because of illness or injury:
Some nervous disorders can produce paralysis.
a situation in which you are unable to take action:
political paralysis
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lack of freedom to act
- be in bondage to sth idiom
- be locked in sth
- bondage
- bound
- bound
- hand
- lock
- oppressed
- option
- paralytic
- qualified
- regimented
- sb's hands are tied idiom
- tether
- thumb
- tie
- tool
- tyranny
- under sb's thumb idiom
- under the heel of sth/sb idiom
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