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anthropulse

anthropulse noun: a burst of human activity following an anthropause.

Noun

anthropulse (plural anthropulses)

  1. (neologism) A burst of human activity following an anthropause.
    • Spikes in human mobility seem likely, as people attempt to ‘make up’ for missed work and recreational travel in 2020–2021, but it remains to be seen if the situation will escalate into a full-scale anthropulse.2022 March, Christian Rutz, “Studying pauses and pulses in human mobility and their environmental impacts”, in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, volume 3, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 157–159
    • Those shifts could be especially important to consider as the human world roars back to life and summer travel surges, potentially generating an “anthropulse” of intense activity.2022 July 16, Emily Anthes, “Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of anthropulse

pluralanthropulses

Origin of anthropulse

From anthro- + pulse.

Questions about anthropulse

What does anthropulse mean?
Anthropulse means a burst of human activity following an anthropause.
What part of speech is anthropulse?
Anthropulse is a noun.
What is the plural of anthropulse?
The plural of anthropulse is anthropulses.

Words near anthropulse in the dictionary

  1. anthropozoological
  2. anthropozoology
  3. anthropozoonoses
  4. anthropozoonosis
  5. anthropozoonotic
  6. anthropulse
  7. anthropulses
  8. anthropœia
  9. anthroquinone
  10. anthros
  11. anthroscopic

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