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(adjective) characterized by abundance; copious / (adjective) generous in amount, extent, or spirit / (adjective) being full and well developed / (adjective) aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive / (adjective) exceeding the bounds of good taste; overdone / (adjective) excessively complimentary or flattering; effusive

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it was Bloch in Czechoslovakia who volunteered fulsome affadavits for the Moscow trials

—p.15 Presentation I (9) by Francis Mulhern, Perry Anderson, Rodney Livingstone
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Lukács's neo-naivety does not even call a halt before Thomas Mann, whom he plays off against Joyce in a fulsome flattery which would have nauseated the great chronicler of decay.

this is so scathing I love it

—p.171 Reconciliation under Duress (151) by Theodor W. Adorno
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For him, a more fulsome embrace of technology capitalism will serve to strengthen society.

—p.116 Technological Utopianism Is Dangerous (95) by Lizzie O'Shea
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however fulsome the lip-service a society may pay to the professions which do not directly produce wealth

—p.85 Ten Money Notes (67) missing author
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Fulsome explainers like George Eliot

—p.162 Dialogue (161) by James Wood
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Me, I am developing Lizzyboo. A fulsomely pretty girl. She is also voluble, indiscreet and, I think, not too bright. She's perfect for me.

—p.98 by Martin Amis
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she’s blessed up top too, though perhaps not as fulsomely as I imagined

—p.214 by Martin Amis
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what really bothered the country’s elites was his fulsome assault on the plutocracy.

—p.216 The Genie Grown Monstrous (212) by Steve Fraser
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a fulsome pornographic bouquet of neopatriarchal tropes

thought there was a negative connotation but not really i guess

—p.28 Toward a materialist theory of revenge (16) by Max Haiven
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Such a reduction of labour to a fulsome economic zero

—p.160 The Theatre of Loss … Work (130) by Peter Fleming
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Lenu's fulsome praise itself becomes -- on this understanding -- an exercise in masking.

—p.247 Appendix: Guest Letters (229) missing author
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Hence ‘history’ has dealt fairly with the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and fulsomely with Francis Place

always forget this

—p.592 An Army of Redressers (472) by E.P. Thompson
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It's at this fulsome of student approval

—p.34 Perilous Aesthetics (32) missing author
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Her voice deepened; it became fulsome, indulgent, almost smug

—p.152 by Mary Gaitskill
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