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diremption

[ dih-remp-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a sharp division into two parts; disjunction; separation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of diremption1

1615–25; < Latin diremptiōn- (stem of diremptiō ), equivalent to dirempt ( us ) (past participle of dirimere to separate, equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + -imere, combining form of emere to take, buy) + -ion- -ion

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Example Sentences

God in them is the absolute Life, the absolute One, who becomes conscious of himself by self-diremption into the individual egos.

The term "diremption" has sometimes been applied to cases where leaves are thus apparently dragged out of position.

The diremption of individualities becomes explicit in those forms.

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