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(noun) the state of being old; the process of becoming old / (noun) the growth phase in a plant or plant part (as a leaf) from full maturity to death

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Senescent and dwelling

huh. i thought it meant sleepy

—p.79 Prayer to the Redwood (79) missing author
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4 years, 11 months ago


a senescent prosperity enjoyed under a wise ruler

—p.167 Goodbye, Dragon Inn (1) by Nick Pinkerton
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1 year, 4 months ago


Neil Davidson mooted that neoliberalism may be undermining the basis for capital accumulation itself. What we inhabit, the phase we’ve tentatively come to term ‘late’ capitalism, is its senescence

—p.20 On Social Saidsm (17) by China Miéville
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3 years ago


the senescence of these globalized cultural paragons, once pulsing with heroic narrative optimism, gave way to a range of wandering, antispectacular, patient vogues

thought it meant sleepy for some reason

—p.177 On Amit Chaudhuri (167) missing author
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3 years, 7 months ago


His costume consisted largely of a pair of aviators and a motorcycle, in some kind of senescent Springsteen homage

—p.28 Send in the Clowns (23) by Namara Smith
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3 years, 8 months ago