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分極化 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • polarization noun The process by which a group, especially a country's electorate, splits into two opposed camps with fewer and fewer people holding middle-ground views.

Senses

分極化 is used for these senses in English:

  • polarization (sociology) The grouping of opinions into two extremes.

polarization — full definition

  1. noun The process by which a group, especially a country's electorate, splits into two opposed camps with fewer and fewer people holding middle-ground views.
  2. noun In physics, the restriction of the vibrations of a light or other transverse wave to a single plane or direction.
  3. noun In chemistry and electricity, the development of separated positive and negative charge across a molecule, cell or dielectric.