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What does rhizomatic mean?

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Adjective
  1. Resembling or related to a rhizome.
  2. (philosophy) Employing rhizomes; not arborescent.
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For example, think about the relentless rise of conspiracy theories, which has gone hand in hand with the vast, rhizomatic flourishing of the Internet.
He keeps talking about our songwriting style being nomadic or rhizomatic, but I don't think he knows what that means.
While certain books may gesture towards rhizomatic connectivity, the physical form of the book imposes a certain linearity on the reading experience.
He argues that the dominant arborescent or linear system of remembrance has given way to the rhizomatic or lateral in Irish-Australian fiction.
Like a map with endless entrances, it demonstrates the true wisdom of rhizomatic plants: when you cut them they grow back, but without putting down roots.
Some critics have overemphasized these parental details, reducing the rhizomatic complexity of her work to child's play, with Erector sets and Tinkertoys topping the list of metaphors.

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