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atomization

[at-uh-mahy-zay-shuhn] / ˌæt əˌmaɪˈzeɪ ʃən /


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The Eye Spa machine uses a “cold mist atomization process,” Xie said, “that disperses micro-particles of moisture combined with soothing essential oils.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

Perhaps that atomization is why large communal events are still so popular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026

Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s documentation of Stalinism strikes the same note: the elimination of a private existence away from politics, with the regime constantly forcing itself upon one’s attention, feeding each individual’s growing atomization and learned helplessness.

From Salon ● May 24, 2025

“Part of the atomization of society is we’re not coordinated in our response to crime,” Mr. Kilpatrick said.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2023

Knowing that the appearance of electricity depends on a process of atomization of some sort, we shall expect that where electricity becomes freely observable, it will yield phenomena of an atomistic kind.

From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs


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