Definitions

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  • noun psychology The separation of the life instinct from the death instinct as part of the process of maturing into an adult.
  • noun proscribed The act of defusing.
  • noun Common misspelling of diffusion.

Etymologies

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From de- and fusion (in turn from fuse and -ion).

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From defuse (in turn from de- and fuse) and -ion, apparently by analogy with fusion, etc.

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Examples

  • Further, Newton's assumption that Wallace is the sole practitioner of the artful defusion of 'high brow' pretension by 'street slang' is an overstatement -- recall Joyce's exhausting of the entire practice in his "Oxen of the Sun" episode of Ulysses where the whole history of the English language is satirized, equally, from its inception to his contemporary cockney.

    Omer Rosen: Footnoting David Foster Wallace: Part 1 Omer Rosen 2011

  • Further, Newton's assumption that Wallace is the sole practitioner of the artful defusion of 'high brow' pretension by 'street slang' is an overstatement -- recall Joyce's exhausting of the entire practice in his "Oxen of the Sun" episode of Ulysses where the whole history of the English language is satirized, equally, from its inception to his contemporary cockney.

    Omer Rosen: Footnoting David Foster Wallace: Part 1 Omer Rosen 2011

  • The problem I have with his theory is the barrier of the defusion of information in Roman times was probably quite high.

    History of Markets, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Cognitive defusion or emotional separation/distancing i.e., observing one's own uncomfortable thoughts without automatically taking them literally or attaching any particular value to them

    Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.: Exploring Sensible Alternatives In Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Ph.D. Steven C. Hayes 2011

  • Cognitive defusion or emotional separation/distancing i.e., observing one's own uncomfortable thoughts without automatically taking them literally or attaching any particular value to them

    Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D.: Exploring Sensible Alternatives In Evidence-Based Psychotherapy Ph.D. Steven C. Hayes 2011

  • The process is loosely similar to the confusion/defusion cycles of encryption or the repeated mixing phases used for securely anonymous Internet communications.

    Unpredictable elections « Isegoria 2008

  • After an excruciatingly suspenseful bomb defusion sequence, THE SMALL BACK ROOM grants Sammy and Susan a happy ending.

    Delirium Tremendous 2008

  • After an excruciatingly suspenseful bomb defusion sequence, THE SMALL BACK ROOM grants Sammy and Susan a happy ending.

    Archive 2008-10-12 2008

  • It leads to more rapid poverty alleviation and the defusion of social tensions.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • This is not the conduct of responsible leadership that should contribute towards the defusion of a complex situation.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

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