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(noun) discontinuance from use or exercise; disuse

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desuetude



With the demise of Athenian democracy, it fell into desuetude, then oblivion

quoting James Fishkin (guy who introduces deliberative democracy bodies in various countries)

—p.109 by David Van Reybrouck
notable
6 years, 7 months ago


the degree in sociology and political economy that Pnin had obtained with some pomp at the University of Prague around 1925 had become by mid century a doctorate in desuetude

—p.11 by Vladimir Nabokov
strange
6 months, 4 weeks ago


The question now is whether regulators will adopt and enforce classic rules in a digital age, or let them wither into desuetude

—p.72 The Hidden Logics of Search (59) by Frank Pasquale
notable
6 years, 2 months ago


Perhaps the affair had sunk somewhat into desuetude

—p.185 The Village Schoolmaster [The Giant Mole] (180) by Franz Kafka
confirm
6 years, 7 months ago

Why do they hover up there, letting their legs, the pride of dogs, fall into desuetude

I think this was the part when I realised that this dog thought every other creature was also a dog

—p.317 Investigations of a Dog (300) by Franz Kafka
notable
6 years, 7 months ago