Definitions
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- Pertaining to rhizomes; having the nature or appearance of a rhizome; rhizomalous.
Examples
“Fast-frozen structures have yielded to new forms of social organization with "rhizomatic" reach, to borrow a term from French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.”
“A big reason that this particular rhizomatic model offers a more effective form of leadership and story creation than a tree-in-the-head like Uygur can see or admit is that it mirrors the digital ecosystem in which stories live.”
The Huffington Post: Mike Bonifer: Cenk Uygur Has a Tree in His Head
“In a very important sense, Twitter is decentralized at its core, it is rhizomatic rather than arborescent.”
“The Webkit team, as a rhizomatic offshoot from Apple, has a similar development pedigree and has consistently produced a high quality — now cross-platform — open source project, nary engaging in polemics or politics.”
“Nomadology and rhizomatic resistance may provide a means to solve the problem represented in the novel.”
“The plant has a slow spreading, rhizomatic root system that supports several vertically furrowed blooms, each stamen independent yet fundamentally connected.”
“A la, Zizek I would say that your real arguement is Deluezian one, in which a rhizomatic capitalism breaks down more and more traditional social barriers in the name of profit.”
“The separate varieties combine together in a rhizomatic scheme until the result, a Dinosaur Egg or Dapple Dandy, comes out at the end.”
“During one espresso-filled night, he gets his first major break in the case: from out of that rhizomatic mess of ancient and modern hydro-infrastructure, a pattern emerges...”
“There is likely a more rhizomatic way of thinking about, and discussing poetry.”
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jodi For the philosophy term, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome_%28philosophy%29 Oct 10, 2011