Having been broken down into very fine particles or a mist; reduced to atoms or powder.
Past tense and past participle of atomize. Used as an adjective to describe something that has undergone the process of atomization.
An atomized society is one where individuals feel disconnected from community—the metaphor comes from breaking something into isolated particles with nothing holding them together.
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