The Emergence Machine

Orphan

abstract · kinship · Level 10 · E9

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Emergence definition

When a child, characterized by a developing body and a growing sense of identity, loses both parents, who have themselves emerged from the complex interplay of life and family, resulting in a state of parental absence that fundamentally alters the child's experience of the world.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “orphan” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “orphan”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
orphan
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0OrphanChildBirthDeathFamilyPerson… intermediate l…FormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesOrphanL10DeathL8ChildL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Death L8 (requires)
    Orphans have lost parents to death
  • Child L9 (requires)
    An orphan is a child