s'atrophier

Selon Ruskin, l'artiste qui généralise par convention échoue en ce qu'il ne rentre pas en contact avec la nature et la beauté si bien que son art s'atrophie.
According to Ruskin, the artist who generalizes by convention fails to make contact with nature and beauty, and as a result his art atrophies.
Si on l'exerce pas, il s'atrophie.
If you don't exercise it, it'll atrophy, just like anything else.
Il faut l'entraîner ou il s'atrophie.
Use it or lose it.
Ce qui ne sert pas s'atrophie.
Use it or lose it.
J'ai lu qu'il est prouvé que l'hippocampe, le partie du cerveau chargée de la navigation spatiale, rétrécit et s'atrophie chez les personnes qui utilisent un GPS car elles n'utilisent plus leur sens de l'orientation.
I have read that there's now actually evidence that the hippocampus, the part of our brain that handles spacial relationships, physically shrinks and atrophies in people who use tools like GPS, because we're not exercising our sense of direction anymore.
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