arborescent

English

Etymology

First attested around 1675, from Latin arborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”). The philosophical sense refers to the way genealogy trees are drawn.

Adjective

arborescent (comparative more arborescent, superlative most arborescent)

1. Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to a tree's; branching.
2. (philosophy) Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (opposed to the rhizome theory).

   Deleuze criticizes the Chomsky hierarchy of formal languages, which he considers a perfect example of arborescent dualistic theory.

Derived terms

• arborescent appendage
• arborescence

Translations

• Bulgarian: дървовиден, разклонен

See also

• Arborescent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

---

French

Etymology

From Latin aborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”)

Adjective

arborescent m (feminine arborescente, masculine plural arborescents, feminine plural arborescentes)

1. arborescent

Related terms

• arborescence

---

Latin

Verb

arborēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of arborēscō