n.
Pronunciation: - ' tä-nik
Function: adjective
Date: 1904
1 : of, relating to, being, resembling, or affected by schizophrenia characterized especially by a marked psychomotor disturbance that may involve stupor or mutism, negativism, rigidity, purposeless excitement, and inappropriate or bizarre posturing
2 : characterized by a marked lack of movement, activity, or expression
– catatonic noun
– cat · a · ton · i · cal · ly \ -ni-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb