"dromosphere" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dromospheres [plural]
Etymology: dromo- + -sphere Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dromo|-sphere}} dromo- + -sphere Head templates: {{en-noun}} dromosphere (plural dromospheres)
  1. The aspect of modern life or of a social domain that is characterized by speed and rapid change.
    Sense id: en-dromosphere-en-noun-bYpIaGnC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with dromo-

Inflected forms

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          "text": "For want of any temporal depth, or in other words an historical perspective, this LIVE ART enlists solely like any other merchandise in the financial dromosphere of the globalization of the art market - anticipating the coming crash of its basic value, which will shortly extend the collapse in value of the new technologies of the image (digital or otherwise), those famous new technologies of information and communication startups, or NTIC, which recently ...",
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          "text": "Once the walls of Medieval cities were brought down by the advent of gunpowder, cities could no longer keep the dromosphere out, and so the emergence of the police in the sixteenth century, we note, coincides with the (eventual) fall of the walls surrounding Western towns.",
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