interabsorption

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noun

The act of absorbing each other.

OriginEnglish absorption ← Latin absorptiō ← Proto-Italic *sorβeō →
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Meanings

nouninterabsorption (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of absorbing each other.

    A gradual interabsorption of sex characteristics in temperament results, the female assuming those of the male, the male losing those which distinguish him sharply from the female.

    1997, Northrop Frye, Robert D. Denham, Northrop Frye's Student Essays, 1932-1938, volume 3, page 30

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  9. Proto-Italic*ap
  10. Latinab
  11. Latinab-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
  14. Proto-Italic*sorβeō
  15. Latinsorbeō
  16. Latinabsorbeō
  17. Latinabsorptiō
  18. Englishabsorption
  19. Englishinterabsorption

From inter- + absorption.

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APA

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MLA

“interabsorption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interabsorption. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interabsorption,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interabsorption.

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