Enantiodromia

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  1. 1
    The principle whereby the superabundance of one force inevitably produces its opposite, as with physical equilibrium. countable, uncountable

    "If one wishes to gain an understanding of how humanity could shift from the one to the other, one needs to have an understanding of the enantiodromia (a movement that turns into its opposite) of the development of gathering into agriculture."

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"If one wishes to gain an understanding of how humanity could shift from the one to the other, one needs to have an understanding of the enantiodromia (a movement that turns into its opposite) of the development of gathering into agriculture."

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