spiralism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tendency of employees to move and live in different places in line with their successive promotions.
  2. A Haitian literary movement.
  3. The abnormal form of a flower due to torsion.

Word forms

spiralism

Etymology

From spiral + -ism. In the sense of employee movement, coined by Watson (1964).

Related words

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