depenetration
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From de- + penetration.
Noun
[edit]depenetration (uncountable)
- The reverse of a process of penetration, where something or somebody withdraws or is no longer connected or embedded.
- 1990, Helena Rytövuori-Apunen, Peace Research in Scandinavia, 1959-1986, page 246:
- 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.
- 2013, Laura K. Guerrero, Peter A. Andersen, Walid A. Afifi, Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships, page 110:
- The social depenetration process is the mirror image of social penetration in that self-disclosure becomes less personal and less frequent.