[…]usually his attention was diverted from her feet by her shrieks of laughter and the astounding involutions of her huge brown-yellow frame.
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Involution
/ɪnvəˈluːʃən/
Synonyms for "involution" (119 found)
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failingfailurefailure of nervefallfalling-offflexuosityflexuousnessimplicationinclusionintegrationinterpolationintorsionintricacyintricatenessinversioninvolvementlapseloss of tonemeandermeandering
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multiplicationnotationperplexitypracticeproportionramificationreductionregressionrelationretrocessionretrogradationretrogressionrivulationsinuationsinuositysinuousnessslinkinessslippageslumpsnakinesssubtletysubtractiontanglementtechnicalitytorsiontortilitytortuositytortuousnesstransformationturningtwistingundulationwanewavewavingwinding
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12 entriesbiological processchange of shapecomplexitycomplexnessconstructionexpressiongrammatical constructiongroup actionmathematical operationmathematical processoperationorganic process
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‘Gomez,’ said the mortician, ‘is an expert only on the involutions of his own rectum.’
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1917, James Huneker, Unicorns, New York: Scribner, Chapter 11 “Style and Rhythm in English Prose,” p. 129, Walter Pater’s essay on Style is honeycombed with involutions and preciosity.
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Involutions have the property that they are their own inverses.
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