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amorphism

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[uh-mawr-fiz-uhm] / əˈmɔr fɪz əm /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being amorphous.

  2. Obsolete. nihilism.


Etymology

Origin of amorphism

1850–55; < German Amorphismus < Greek ámorph ( os ) amorphous + -ismos -ism

Example Sentences

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"Amorphism" and "Pan-destruction" are not articles of a rational creed, but they were propagated with almost preternatural energy by Bakunin.

From Contemporary Socialism by Rae, John

Amorphism, a-mor′fizm, n. a state of being amorphous or without crystallisation even in the minutest particles.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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