Okay so the opposite of thixotrophy is rheopecty but apparently oobleck is not rheopectic. In stead it is dilatant. And the opposite of dilatant is pseudoplastic.
So it goes:
I am a bit confused. Ketchup is thixotrophic as well as pseudoplastic but oobleck is dilatant but not rheopectic. Can anyone give me some intuition on this?