Osmosis

Definitions

1. The net movement of solvent molecules, usually water, from a region of lower solute concentration to a region of higher solute concentration through a partially permeable membrane.
   countable, uncountable
2. Passive absorption or impartation of information, habits, etc.; the process of teaching or learning particular knowledge incidentally rather than consciously.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Near-synonym: serendipity”

“I was reading about chickens, and I guess⟳ I learned about hawks through osmosis.”

“At age fourteen, by a process⟳ of osmosis, of dirty jokes, whispered secrets and filthy ballads, Tristram learned of sex.”

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