Both Uses of
ramifications
in
1984, by Orwell
- 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) complications that result from an initial action -- typically unintended consequences
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, ramification can reference the act of branching out; or part or all of branching parts.