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involution

[in-vuh-loo-shuhn] / ˌɪn vəˈlu ʃən /




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"When 1.4 billion people are all in the same race, that is involution."

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

This process is called thymic involution, and it reduces the body's ability to produce new T cells.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025

In anthropology, involution is used to describe a kind of change without progress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025

“I thought by opening a stall I could escape the involution of looking for work,” one vendor wrote on Xiaohongshu.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

When we consider its periodic monthly engorgements and the alternate hypertrophy and involution it undergoes in connexion with pregnancy, we can anticipate the special proneness of the uterus to new growths.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various


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