Literary notes about Crystallize (AI summary)
The word "crystallize" in literature often carries a rich metaphorical nuance, capturing the process by which abstract ideas or ambiguous circumstances take on a clear and concrete form. For instance, in Jesse F. Bone’s work, the term is used to depict how unusual actions solidify fleeting suspicion into undeniable certainty [1]. Rainer Maria Rilke, on the other hand, employs "crystallize" to describe the way misunderstandings and perceptions coalesce around a new name, effectively summarizing a complex interplay of ideas into a single emblematic image [2]. Furthermore, in sociological context, the term illustrates how diffuse sentiments or ideas can coalesce into a distinct group or sect, emphasizing the transformative process of joint thoughts becoming a unified identity [3].
- Alexander would be suspicious now—and unusual actions would crystallize suspicion to certainty.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - For fame is ultimately but the summary of all misunderstandings that crystallize about a new name."
— from Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke - When a sentiment or an idea, having in itself a reason for existence, slips into the crowd, its members soon crystallize and form a sect.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
