ATOMIZATION Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

atomization

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Definition of atomization

as in polarization

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Recent Examples of atomization And then there is the ever-increasing atomization across media, with political discourse splaying out across countless newsletters that are only intermittently in conversation with one another. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026 North Korea’s political system depends on atomization and making doubters feel isolated from one another. — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026 Loneliness looms as a threat to all genders, but men, who are lauded for gruff stoicism and scorned for vulnerability, can be especially ill-equipped to navigate atomization. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 The transformations that have decimated protest movements—undone by digitization, atomization, and the evanescence of online life—have also affected shame and its ability to mediate social norms without the intervention of the state. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026 Researchers in the United States are developing a new refractory metal powder atomization system that will help researchers develop materials for extreme environment applications, such as gas turbines and fusion energy systems. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 Chinamaxxing romanticizes things that feel structurally out of reach at home — compact, affordable-looking apartments; public transit that works; streets safe to walk at night; multigenerational households as an antidote to loneliness; communal meals as an antidote to atomization. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026 The atomization of society begins with your morning coffee. — Jakub Grygiel, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2026 But his real breakthrough went beyond atomization. — Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Oxygen helps stabilize tiny zirconia domains In the zirconia study, researchers found regions smaller than one square nanometer in which electrical polarization pointed in a consistent direction.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
Just weeks after cancer surgery, Pope Leo XIV, who has arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, will navigate the region’s tide of secularism, deep polarization — and high altitudes.

— Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of polarization

Noun

Within an hour of searching the park, the city’s largest, police had found the body of a woman as well, this one in an advanced state of decomposition, leaving her unrecognizable.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
There is the Château d’Azay-le-Rideau on an island in the Loire Valley, plagued by flooding, as well as the opposite—receding water levels that expose its wooden, foundational beams to air and decomposition.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of decomposition

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Advertisement China itself offers the greatest modern demonstration of what technological diffusion can accomplish.

— Keyu Jin, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Whereas the commercial version of this strategy ends in universal diffusion at a monopolist’s price, the imperial version ends in the metropole deciding who gets what.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of diffusion

Noun

Many of his neighbors parked on high ground just outside their subdivision.

— Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
With an adjacent property planned for a 1,000-unit residential subdivision on the Locust land that the family has leased for several years, a path to land ownership is critical to surviving development pressure.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of subdivision

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The same problem affects access policies, cloud configurations, segmentation and application controls.

— Alex Spokoiny, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Acxiom, a major data company, developed a segmentation system called PersonicX that grouped households into lifestyle categories.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of segmentation

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The two tests indicate that Pyongyang is working on dispersal warheads for both tactical ballistic missiles and strategic cruise missiles.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
This behavior moves the ant away from its normal habitat and into a location that favors fungal reproduction and dispersal.

— Tara Deans, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of dispersal

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Feng Ye, PhD, an ORNL neutron scientist and co-author of both studies, stressed the role of neutron scattering in understanding these magnetic changes.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
So the scattering of the particles has a strong dependence on the substrate.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026

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