Meanings
nounatrophying (plural not attested)
- no pluralThe process by which something atrophies.
Neoliberalism has entailed the destruction of workers' organizations across the Global North and the atrophying of mass associational politics more generally.
2022, Sam Moore and Alex Roberts, “Online far-right ecologism and far-right movements”, in The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right, page 73
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of atrophy
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atrophying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrophying
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