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abjure
Against Interpretation and Other Essays

Suspense, shocks, surprises are mostly abjured in favor of a steady, inexorable plot.

—p.216 The imagination of disaster (209) by Susan Sontag
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laconic

"Pleasure isn't all fun," as the title to Episode X announces laconically

—p.206 Godard's Vivre Sa Vie (196) by Susan Sontag
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caviling

not to be caviled at

—p.188 Spiritual style in the films of Robert Bresson (177) by Susan Sontag
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ontology

While the "cruelty" in Marat/Sade is not, ultimately, a moral issue, it is not an aesthetic one either. It is an ontological issue.

—p.171 Marat / Sade / Artaud (163) by Susan Sontag
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somnambular

the somnambulistic concentration with which he did it

—p.158 Going to theater, etc. (140) by Susan Sontag
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