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involution
[ in-vuh-loo-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- the state of being involved.
- something complicated.
- Mathematics. a function that is its own inverse.
- Botany, Zoology.
- a rolling up or folding in upon itself.
- a part so formed.
- Biology. retrograde development; degeneration.
- Physiology. regressive changes in the body, as those occurring with old age.
- Anthropology, Sociology. growth without evolution, as in a growing agrarian society with increased field labor whose production mechanisms become more complex without increasing yield; diminishing returns.
- Grammar. a complex construction in which the subject is separated from its predicate by intervening clauses or phrases.
involution
/ ˌɪԱəˈːʃə /
noun
- the act of involving or complicating or the state of being involved or complicated
- something involved or complicated
- zoology degeneration or structural deformation
- biology an involute formation or structure
- physiol reduction in size of an organ or part, as of the uterus following childbirth or as a result of ageing
- an algebraic operation in which a number, variable, expression etc, is raised to a specified power Compare evolution
- grammar an involved construction, such as one in which the subject is separated from the predicate by an additional clause
involution
/ ĭ′və-̅̅′ə /
- A mathematical operation, such as negation, which, when applied to itself, returns the original number.
- The ingrowth and curling inward of a group of cells, as in the formation of a gastrula from a blastula.
- A decrease in size of an organ, as of the uterus following childbirth.
Derived Forms
- ˌԱˈܳپDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·····پDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of involution1
Example Sentences
Chinese workers often invoke the word neijuan, or “involution,” to describe working harder for little to no gains.
“Later, after the game, I confirmed that I have written specifically about what’s called ‘involution of the thymus’ on my blog in October 2018.
“I thought by opening a stall I could escape the involution of looking for work,” one vendor wrote on Xiaohongshu.
"If this can't be halted, the trends in place could lead to a progressive and unsustainable involution of the human capital of most of southern Italy."
They can continue to struggle in the rat race of Chinese society, making little progress in an approach known as neijuan, or “involution,” the process of turning inward in a self-defeating competition with others.
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