Sundering

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is sundered.

    "The sunderings of love affairs"

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

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interruption

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"Meta-philosophy is an antidote: it attempts to surmount separations and sunderings, tries to unite speculative philosophy and critical theory with political action."

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