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depenetration en · NOUN

Etymology

From de- + penetration.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The reverse of a process of penetration, where something or somebody withdraws or is no longer connected or embedded.
    • The social depenetration process is the mirror image of social penetration in that self-disclosure becomes less personal and less frequent. 2013, Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid A. Afifi, Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, page 110:
    • If the first phase in development thinking may be referred to as penetration, the second, as its dialectical counterpart, is indigenization: an intellectual mobilization for depenetration. 1990, Helena Rytövuori-Apunen, Peace Research in Scandinavia, 1959-1986, page 246: