Depenetration
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The reverse of a process of penetration, where something or somebody withdraws or is no longer connected or embedded. uncountable
"If the first phase in development thinking may be referred to as penetration, the second, as its dialectical counterpart, is indigenization: an intellectual mobilization for depenetration."
Example
More examples"If the first phase in development thinking may be referred to as penetration, the second, as its dialectical counterpart, is indigenization: an intellectual mobilization for depenetration."
Etymology
From de- + penetration.
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