Antiflow

Origin

- + flow

Full definition of antiflow

Noun

1. (psychology) A mental state of boredom and lack of challenge, associated with performing activities one does not want to do.
• 1992, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihályi, Optimal experience: psychological studies of flow in consciousness (page 135)A second source of antiflow for the blue-collar workers was the type of interaction they had with supervisors.
2. (physics)
• 2001, Giovanni C. Bonsignori, Nucleus-nucleus collisions: proceedings of the conference (page 148)Antiflow of pions can be explained by the shadowing effect.

Adjective

1. That prevents the unwanted flow of a fluid