collimate

Pronounced: KAH-luh-mate, verb

Notes: Nothing to do with collies… I have heard the word, but wasn’t sure of the meaning

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Yesterday’s word

The word enantiodromia is “the tendency of things, beliefs, etc, to change into their opposites.

First usage

This isn’t that old; it came into English in the early 1900s

Background / Notes

I am not sure that I believe that in enantiodromia; I know it happens, but I’m not sure that it always happens. An example would be a group fighting for freedom, and, once they win it, their leader goes on to become a dictator himself. The word is from the Greek enantio- (opposite) with dromos (running).