initiation
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Middle French initiation, from Latin initiātiō. Morphologically initiate + -ion.
- derived from initiātiō
- borrowed from initiation
Definitions
The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced.
- initiation into a society
- initiation into business
- initiation into literature
The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society
The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
The first step of transcription or of transduction.
The neighborhood
- antonymconclusionantonym(s) of “act of initiating”
- antonymendantonym(s) of “act of initiating”
- neighborinitial
- neighborinitiate
- neighborinitiationism
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at initiation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at initiation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at initiation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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