Atrophying

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which something atrophies. no-plural

    "Neoliberalism has entailed the destruction of workers' organizations across the Global North and the atrophying of mass associational politics more generally."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of atrophy form-of, gerund, participle, present

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abnormalityabscessacute diseaseaffectionafflictionague

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"Neoliberalism has entailed the destruction of workers' organizations across the Global North and the atrophying of mass associational politics more generally."

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