(noun) cause, origin / (noun) the cause of a disease or abnormal condition / (noun) a branch of knowledge concerned with causes / (noun) a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases
as an etiology of today's power-baseline game, this party line is broadly accurate
as an etiology of today's power-baseline game, this party line is broadly accurate
(noun) the sense of the relative position of one's own parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement; also known as "the kinesthetic sense"
feel, touch, form, proprioception, coordination, hand-eye coordination, kinesthesia, grace, control, reflexes
feel, touch, form, proprioception, coordination, hand-eye coordination, kinesthesia, grace, control, reflexes
(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks
the variegated ballet that was this year's Junior Wimbledon
the variegated ballet that was this year's Junior Wimbledon
the highest point in the development of something; culmination or climax
formalized the apotheosis of McInerney in a gushy cover story
on the Village Voice and the Brat Pack
formalized the apotheosis of McInerney in a gushy cover story
on the Village Voice and the Brat Pack
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
Young Anomic White Novelists
on the Brat Pack
Young Anomic White Novelists
on the Brat Pack
descended from the same male ancestor as a specified or implied subject, especially through the male line
This, that we are agnate, also goes a long way toward explaining the violent and conflicting critical reactions New Voices are provoking.
on how C.Y. writers are related less by chronology and more by similar environment
This, that we are agnate, also goes a long way toward explaining the violent and conflicting critical reactions New Voices are provoking.
on how C.Y. writers are related less by chronology and more by similar environment
a figure of speech by which a part is put for the whole (as fifty sail for fifty ships), the whole for a part (as society for high society), the species for the genus (as cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as a creature for a man), or the name of the material for the thing made (as boards for stage)
a young culture so willingly bombarded with messages equating what one consumes with who one is that brand loyalty is now an acceptable synecdoche of identity, of character
this is a great quote, incidentally
a young culture so willingly bombarded with messages equating what one consumes with who one is that brand loyalty is now an acceptable synecdoche of identity, of character
this is a great quote, incidentally
(noun) a person who has expert knowledge in a subject; connoisseur
Those cognoscenti whose values were formed before TV and advertising became psychologically pandemic are still anxious to draw a sharp distinction.
(between mass media and "quality")
Those cognoscenti whose values were formed before TV and advertising became psychologically pandemic are still anxious to draw a sharp distinction.
(between mass media and "quality")
(noun) a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation / (noun) the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation
By presenting the intellectual with a more or less accurate image of the popular culture, advertising earns his enmity and calumny.
Quoting advertising scholar Martin Mayer
By presenting the intellectual with a more or less accurate image of the popular culture, advertising earns his enmity and calumny.
Quoting advertising scholar Martin Mayer
a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable; a paradox
television begins, the more sophisticated it gets, to produce and live by an antinomy, a phenomenon whose strength lies in its contradiction
television begins, the more sophisticated it gets, to produce and live by an antinomy, a phenomenon whose strength lies in its contradiction