Word of the Day: Imbrication
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imbrication
noun
im·bri·ca·tion ˌim-brə-ˈkā-shən
1: an overlapping of edges (as of tiles or scales)
2: a decoration or pattern showing imbrication
Synonyms
- lapping
- overlap
Examples of imbrication in a Sentence
Art’s imbrication in networks of money and power is hardly a contemporary phenomenon.
| Rachel Wetzler, The New Republic, 2018.02.26
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American literature has been alive to the historical apposition if not the mutual imbrication of social structure and military conquest.
| Mark Steven, Class War Is an American Tradition, Jacobin 2023.05.18
