ossification
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- n the developmental process of bone formation
- n the calcification of soft tissue into a bonelike material
- n the process of becoming rigidly fixed in a conventional pattern of thought or behavior
- n hardened conventionality
- The movement succeeded in defending native painting from European acculturation, but the price paid was ossification.
- He began by identifying several sets of doubtful remains by correlating tradition with such data as ossification of skullcap seams, length of limb and condition of teeth.
- Empires die of ossification, bureaucracy, sclerosis of the mind and expired assumptions.