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rarefied

adjective

Reveal meaning and examples

Less dense than usual; also elevated or remote from ordinary experience.

The novel explores the rarefied world of elite art collectors.

Dictionary practice example.

The keeper's diary used rarefied to describe the thin, less dense air at a high mountain station she once visited.