involuted

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In the memoir, Mr. Adams relates his fascination with fractals — complexly involuted forms that we find buried in the shape of things like trees, coastlines and lightning bolts.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2020

That is to say, their binding element is Katniss Everdeen, a heroine whose virtues are involuted to say the least.

From Slate • May 21, 2020

The eldest boy, Ratan—Moni’s father—and my grandmother had shared the adjacent room, but, as Jagu’s mind involuted into madness, she had moved Ratan out with his brothers and taken Jagu in.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 28, 2016

It’s so involuted the way people use those things.

From Forbes • Sep. 9, 2014

The eldest boy, Ratan—Moni’s father—and my grandmother had shared the adjacent room, but as Jagu’s mind had involuted into madness, she had moved Ratan out with his brothers and taken Jagu in.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee