arborescent
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
arborescent (comparative more arborescent, superlative most arborescent)
- Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to a tree's; branching.
- (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.
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See also [edit]
Arborescent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin aborēscēns, present active participle of arborēscō (“become a tree”)
Adjective [edit]
arborescent m (feminine arborescente, masculine plural arborescents, feminine plural arborescentes)
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Verb [edit]
arborēscent
- third-person plural future active indicative of arborēscō