xenomorphosisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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xenomorphosis (uncountable)

1. (film studies) A form of cognitive dissonance produced by stimulation that pulls in two opposing directions, such as simultaneous attraction and revulsion.
   • 1997, Millennium Film Journal (issues 30-36, page 52)

     Xenomorphosis occurs when the empirical elements of projected sound and image conspire to negate and destroy, through the retina, neuro-pathways designed to domesticate and tranquilize.

   • 2008, Colin Milburn, Nanovision: Engineering the Future

     Nanofiction is thus a site of our becoming-alien to ourselves—a site of xenomorphosis, or what Ann Weinstone has called the “avatar body.”

   • 2015, Joan Hawkins, Downtown Film and TV Culture 1975-2001 (page 216)

     By applying the principles of xenomorphosis in theory and practice, one can achieve a breakthrough. The will to power enables one to construct one's own reality tunnel.