Meaning of fissipation | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.
   uncountable
2. The act or process of splitting apart; division into smaller parts.
   uncountable

Examples

“Fissipation, being the simple division of an organised being, requires no organs of reproduction.”

“The re-emergence of empire was thwarted by immense topographical variety, coastal confolutions, and wide-openness to the east, which made Christendom difficult to organize and defend⟳ as a whole from Viking, barbarian and Islamic attacks round its perimeter; by natural temperateness, which rendered large-scale disasters needing widespread rescue⟳ of populations rare (Jones 1981); and by the very devolved political system represented by feudalism, which encouraged the fissipation of whatever larger units did develop⟳.”

“Had there been a consolidated nationhood in all African states at this time, this declaration would not have⟳ been of such relevance. The danger of fissipation was real and explains why the nationalist elite placed such priority on the project of imagining the nation.”

“As a student of the history of religions I find⟳ fascinating the development of Moorish apocrypha and fissipation into subsects, each with different orally transmitted stories.”

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