Elaboration

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Type of term	Possible function of a system
Synonyms or near-synonyms	Splitting
Antonyms or near-antonyms	Fusion, integration, fragment

Elaboration is any process by which headmates in a system become more distinct from one another and accumulate more psychological material into their disparate identities.

Under a psychiatric or otherwise integration-oriented view, elaboration is undesirable, but elaboration is not at odds with healthy multiplicity.

Parogenic systemhood involves intentional elaboration.

Controversy

“Elaboration” is psychiatric terminology.