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sublimation

[suhb-luh-may-shuhn] / ˌsʌb ləˈmeɪ ʃən /




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But for Kusama, art wasn’t a path chosen for fame and fortune; art was a sublimation and a salve for her compulsive tendencies and psychotic episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Ajami pointed out that extreme heat is not only causing snow to melt faster but is also causing sublimation, in which snow is transformed directly to water vapor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

Readers will understandably recoil at the musician’s callousness, especially given Mintz’s sublimation of himself in the service of Lennon and Ono.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2024

Once the sample has been fully solidified, the solid solvent is removed by sublimation during lyophilization.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024

Sigmund Freud, the founder of modern psychiatry, conceived of art primarily in terms of sublimation outside of consciousness.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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