Piecemealing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of dividing something into pieces. countable, uncountable

    "The so-called identity crisis, for instance, is a disease that seems to have become prevalent after the disconnection of body and soul and the other piecemealings of the modern period."

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

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"The so-called identity crisis, for instance, is a disease that seems to have become prevalent after the disconnection of body and soul and the other piecemealings of the modern period."

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