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noun
The tendency of employees to move and live in different places in line with their successive promotions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A Haitian literary movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
The abnormal form of a flower due to torsion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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History
From spiral + -ism. In the sense of employee movement, coined by Watson (1964).
