antiflow

noun, adj — 3 senses

antiflow

noun

Etymology From anti- + flow.

1

Human sciences, Psychology, Sciences A mental state of boredom and lack of challenge, associated with performing activities one does not want to do.

  • A second source of antiflow for the blue-collar workers was the type of interaction they had with supervisors.1992, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihályi, Optimal experience: psychological studies of flow in consciousness, page 135:
2

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Flow in an opposite direction.

  • Antiflow of pions can be explained by the shadowing effect.2001, Giovanni C. Bonsignori, Nucleus-nucleus collisions: proceedings of the conference, page 148:

antiflow

adj

Etymology From anti- + flow.

1

That prevents the unwanted flow of a fluid

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