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atomisation

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n.1.separating something into fine particles.
2.annihilation by reducing something to atoms.
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Noun1.atomisation - separating something into fine particles
division - the act or process of dividing
2.atomisation - annihilation by reducing something to atoms
annihilation, obliteration - destruction by annihilating something


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The terrorists profess an irreconcilable hostility towards the West, but they are in truth the byproducts of the atomisation of society wrought by ' Western values' worldwide.
Instead of creating incentives that would unleash public energies, the government pushed citizens farther and farther from politics and policymaking, thereby deepening social apathy and atomisation.
The appetite to discuss the issue shows no sign of flagging, and now the new boy on the block, Andy Burnham of national identity, and a more diffuse anxiety about social atomisation.
 
 
 
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