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spiralism

noun

The tendency of employees to move and live in different places in line with their successive promotions.

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Meanings

nounspiralism (uncountable)

uncountableThe tendency of employees to move and live in different places in line with their successive promotions.
uncountableA Haitian literary movement.
uncountablebiologyThe abnormal form of a flower due to torsion.
uncountableAn online subculture based around religious or spiritual beliefs purportedly derived from the output of large language models.

Origin

From spiral + -ism. In the sense of employee movement, coined by Watson (1964).

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Cite this entry

APA

spiralism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiralism

MLA

“spiralism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiralism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiralism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiralism.

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