atomization
- n separating something into fine particles
- n annihilation by reducing something to atoms
- The troubles of the SPD, as dramatically illustrated this weekend, suggest that Germany's political atomization is not over yet.
- The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz, while admitting a drop off in his own newspaper's online readership, wades into the Politico news atomization discussion, which I blogged about a .
- Experts call the phenomenon "atomization": as the large Mafias decompose, more reckless "microcartels" spin off or move in.