(noun) defensive wall
Donald Trump has presented a unique challenge for a newspaper trying to remain a liberal, pluralistic bulwark of truth against revanchism without simultaneously veering too far into left territory
Donald Trump has presented a unique challenge for a newspaper trying to remain a liberal, pluralistic bulwark of truth against revanchism without simultaneously veering too far into left territory
(verb) to wear off the skin of; abrade / (verb) to censure scathingly
The Times, in turn, chose this print headline to sum up Trump’s address after the Dayton and El Paso shootings: “Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism.” It was properly excoriated
The Times, in turn, chose this print headline to sum up Trump’s address after the Dayton and El Paso shootings: “Trump Urges Unity vs. Racism.” It was properly excoriated
(verb) to give a false impression of / (verb) to present an appearance not in agreement with / (verb) to show (something) to be false or wrong / (verb) to run counter to; contradict / (verb) disguise
discussing the skills required to do unskilled jobs belies an undeniable reality: much of this work has been deliberately de-skilled in the traditional industrial sense
discussing the skills required to do unskilled jobs belies an undeniable reality: much of this work has been deliberately de-skilled in the traditional industrial sense
(adjective) of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen; pastoral / (adjective) relating to or typical of rural life / (adjective) idyllic
The website’s images call to mind a bucolic existence, where children play on green grass and dads tend the barbeque and everyone has something to smile about.
The website’s images call to mind a bucolic existence, where children play on green grass and dads tend the barbeque and everyone has something to smile about.
(noun) sleight of hand / (noun) a display of skill or adroitness
There was a frenzy of elaborate and expensive tax-dodging legerdemain on all sides, a symphonic interplay of shell companies and shifted debt
There was a frenzy of elaborate and expensive tax-dodging legerdemain on all sides, a symphonic interplay of shell companies and shifted debt
(verb) to promote the growth or development of; rouse incite
When I became aware that you had upbraided Obama for fomenting class warfare, I couldn’t even imagine what set you off. It seemed comical. Here’s a president who brought Wall Street allies into his administration from the get-go.
When I became aware that you had upbraided Obama for fomenting class warfare, I couldn’t even imagine what set you off. It seemed comical. Here’s a president who brought Wall Street allies into his administration from the get-go.
calmness and composure, especially in a difficult situation
the new heroines of contemporary fiction possess a kind of anhedonic equanimity, more numb than overwhelmed
the new heroines of contemporary fiction possess a kind of anhedonic equanimity, more numb than overwhelmed
(noun) a literary term coined by Alexander Pope to describe to describe amusingly failed attempts at sublimity (an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous); adj is "bathetic"
whose death on 9/11 seems to cinch the narrator’s redemption in the novel’s bathetic conclusion
whose death on 9/11 seems to cinch the narrator’s redemption in the novel’s bathetic conclusion
lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group, which lessens social cohesion and fosters decline; popularized by French sociologist Émile Durkheim in his influential book Suicide
From adolescent traumas to adulthood indignities, their anomie has been overdetermined
From adolescent traumas to adulthood indignities, their anomie has been overdetermined
(adjective) of or relating to rogues or rascals / (adjective) of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist / (noun) one that is picaresque
emerges instead as a surreal picaresque
emerges instead as a surreal picaresque