atomization
Example Sentences
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Loneliness and social atomization play a large role in why individuals join extremist organizations be it ISIS/ISIL or right-wing paramilitaries and other antidemocracy and hate groups here in the U.S.
From Salon
This quality of drift has less to do with Hollywood than it does with Didion’s inner climate, the centrality in her work of atomization and narrative breakdown.
From Los Angeles Times
Loneliness and social atomization are a public health problem and a precondition and fuel for fascism and other anti-human politics.
From Salon
American society is experiencing high levels of loneliness and social atomization.
From Salon
Wallace has an eye for Americana: the kitsch, the disorder, the atomization.
From Seattle Times
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