Both Uses of
latent
in
1984 by Orwell
- Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the surplus of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society.
p. 188..8latent = potentially existing but not presently evident or active
- As for the problem of overproduction, which has been latent in our society since the development of machine technique, it is solved by the device of continuous warfare...
p. 207..7 *
Definition:
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(latent) potentially existing but not presently evident or active