atomize
Example Sentences
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Americans are lonely and American society is atomized.
From Salon
N.F.L. games accounted for a whopping 82 of the 100 most-watched television broadcasts last year, according to Nielsen, making it the last remaining form of water cooler entertainment in our atomized culture.
From New York Times
Public health and other experts have also repeatedly found that young people are much more likely to report being lonely, socially atomized, and experiencing feelings of alienation than other groups.
From Salon
An app as acutely atomized as TikTok can make those a challenge to articulate.
From Los Angeles Times
The pressures being atomized — rapacious capitalism, entrenched sexism — were systemic, but this was no eon-spanning epic.
From Los Angeles Times
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