Both Uses
ramifications
in
1984, by Orwell
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- The Ministry of Truth contained, it was said, three thousand rooms above ground level, and corresponding ramifications below.†
p. 4.3
- In the ramifications of party doctrine she had not the faintest interest.†
p. 156.1 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(ramifications) consequences or effects of an action -- often ones that are complex or unintended
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Ramification can reference the act of branching out; or part or all of branching parts.