involution
Example Sentences
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This is “involution,” a once esoteric term that has come to define life for many in China and capture the biggest problems in the world’s second-largest economy.
Chinese workers often invoke the word neijuan, or “involution,” to describe working harder for little to no gains.
From Los Angeles Times
“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.
From Seattle Times
“It turns out I just took up another kind of involution.”
From Los Angeles Times
"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."
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
