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desublimate

verb

Etymology

From de- + sublimate.

  1. derived from sublīmātus
  2. inherited from sublymate
  3. prefixed as desublimate — “de + sublimate”

Definitions

  1. To undergo desublimation

    To undergo desublimation; to change directly from a gas to a solid.

  2. Make explicit that which has been sublimated or obscured because it is not socially…

    Make explicit that which has been sublimated or obscured because it is not socially acceptable.

    • The practice of pornography teaches its subjects to desublimate the sensuous apprehension.
    • When we desublimate the things we have repressed, we create a space in which we feel liberated to be as monstrous as we wish.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA