geotrauma
geotrauma noun: the marks and scars left on earth and its geological record, especially those generated by human activity in the Anthropocene (such as resource depletion, the effects of pollution, etc).
Noun
geotrauma (countable and uncountable, plural geotraumas)
- The marks and scars left on earth and its geological record, especially those generated by human activity in the Anthropocene (such as resource depletion, the effects of pollution, etc).
- To contemplate these icy, inevitable vistas of cosmic time is in a certain sense already to go beyond geotrauma.2012, Ed Keller, Eugene Thacker, Nicola Masciandaro, Leper Creativity: Cyclonopedia Symposium, page 31
- To understand the role von Trier's Melancholia plays in materializing the Anthropocene and its geotraumas necessitates briefly laying out my assumptions about cinematic technology.2014, Dennis M. Weiss, Amy D. Propen, Colbey Emmerson Reid, Design, Mediation, and the Posthuman, page 251
Forms of geotrauma
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Origin of geotrauma
From geo- + trauma.
Words formed from geotrauma
Questions about geotrauma
- What does geotrauma mean?
- Geotrauma means the marks and scars left on earth and its geological record, especially those generated by human activity in the Anthropocene (such as resource depletion, the effects of pollution, etc).
- What part of speech is geotrauma?
- Geotrauma is a noun.
- What is the plural of geotrauma?
- The plural of geotrauma is geotraumas.
Words near geotrauma in the dictionary
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