(noun) a movement made by bending the last joint of the finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it; a flick of the finger OR something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity
it was the collapse of the Eastern bloc in 1989 that gave the decisive fillip to Winkler’s career
it was the collapse of the Eastern bloc in 1989 that gave the decisive fillip to Winkler’s career
(verb) to make faulty or defective; impair / (verb) to debase in moral or aesthetic status / (verb) to make ineffective
Athenian democracy, vitiated by slavery and the exclusion of women, was a fraudulent irrelevance, which Madison rightly rejected as mob rule, to be avoided at all costs in the nascent United States
Athenian democracy, vitiated by slavery and the exclusion of women, was a fraudulent irrelevance, which Madison rightly rejected as mob rule, to be avoided at all costs in the nascent United States
a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly (plural: encomia). as the adjective encomiastic, means bestowing praise, eulogistic, laudatory
an authority for Winkler’s own encomium to those very conceptions
an authority for Winkler’s own encomium to those very conceptions
(adjective) of, relating to, or typical of Procrustes (a smith from Greek mythology) / (adjective) marked by arbitrary often ruthless disregard of individual differences or special circumstances / (noun) a scheme or pattern into which someone or something is arbitrarily forced
the Procrustean bed of Weimar
the Procrustean bed of Weimar
(adjective) of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
they are coeval with and thus shaped by that market
they are coeval with and thus shaped by that market
(noun) the quality or state of being pusillanimous; cowardliness
the book’s pusillanimous conclusion that it should be possible to ‘ameliorate’ the condition of workers ‘without calling into question the productivist dynamic’ contrasted glaringly with the force of its anterior critique
on Askenazy's 2004 book Les Désordres du travail
the book’s pusillanimous conclusion that it should be possible to ‘ameliorate’ the condition of workers ‘without calling into question the productivist dynamic’ contrasted glaringly with the force of its anterior critique
on Askenazy's 2004 book Les Désordres du travail