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- noun The
entropy that a living thing exports to keep its own entropy low.
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Examples
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"negentropy," negative feedback, homeostasis and whose military model would be modern 2GW, with heavy top-down, real time command and control
Defense and the National Interest Chet 2009
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He focused on one particular phenomenon, which he termed “negentropy,” a state of total engagement and focus on something that is socially meaningful and productive.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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He focused on one particular phenomenon, which he termed “negentropy,” a state of total engagement and focus on something that is socially meaningful and productive.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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Csikszentmihalyi argued that students who regularly experienced negentropy were more likely to be well-adjusted, happy teenagers who made a smooth transition to adulthood.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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Kids who played the violin, did a sport they loved, or were involved in a chess club were the kinds of kids who regularly experienced negentropy.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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Deepak talks about activating the force of negentropy as a part of spiritual healing.
Deepak Chopra: Spiritual Healing (Part 2): Negentropy Deepak Chopra 2011
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Deepak talks about activating the force of negentropy as a part of spiritual healing.
Deepak Chopra: Spiritual Healing (Part 2): Negentropy Deepak Chopra 2011
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Csikszentmihalyi argued that students who regularly experienced negentropy were more likely to be well-adjusted, happy teenagers who made a smooth transition to adulthood.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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Deepak talks about activating the force of negentropy as a part of spiritual healing.
Deepak Chopra: Spiritual Healing (Part 2): Negentropy Deepak Chopra 2011
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When a person experiences negentropy, he is so involved with what he is doing that he loses any self-consciousness, feels at one with the activity, and becomes unaware of the passing of time.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
thebighenry commented on the word negentropy
Life is timshel negentropy.
April 27, 2008
thebighenry commented on the word negentropy
negative entropy
May 23, 2008