involuted

American  

[in-vuh-loo-tid, in-vuh-loo-tid] / ˈɪn vəˌlu tɪd, ˌɪn vəˈlu tɪd /

adjective

1. curving or curling inward.

2. having an involved or complex nature.

3. having resumed its normal size, shape, or condition.

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Other Word Forms

• subinvoluted adjective
• uninvoluted adjective

Etymology

Origin of involuted

First recorded in 1810–20; involute + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The student was crowned as "Tsinghua's Involuted King", and the idea of involution began trending across China's young generation, resonating especially with millennials born after the 1990s and Gen Z.

From BBC

Parsed into 10 “chapters,” with its swirling rhythms, involuted structure and flights into abstraction, “Time Passes” presents an especial challenge to the pre-post-pandemic brain.

From New York Times

The eldest boy, Ratan—Moni’s father—and my grandmother had shared the adjacent room, but as Jagu’s mind had involuted into madness, she had moved Ratan out with his brothers and taken Jagu in.

From Literature

In the memoir, Mr. Adams relates his fascination with fractals — complexly involuted forms that we find buried in the shape of things like trees, coastlines and lightning bolts.

From New York Times

That is to say, their binding element is Katniss Everdeen, a heroine whose virtues are involuted to say the least.

From Slate

Related Words

• hilly
• undulating