pertaining to a dialogue; used by the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin in his work of literary theory, The Dialogic Imagination
fiction itself is "dialogical," not just in the Bakhtinian sense that it gives credence to contradictory voices or viewpoints
fiction itself is "dialogical," not just in the Bakhtinian sense that it gives credence to contradictory voices or viewpoints
(verb) to renounce upon oath / (verb) to reject solemnly / (verb) to abstain from; avoid
a decision to abjure finding out more
a decision to abjure finding out more
(adjective) of, relating to, or constituting a portent / (adjective) eliciting amazement or wonder; prodigious / (adjective) being a grave or serious matter / (adjective) self-consciously solemn or important; pompous / (adjective) ponderously excessive
Hal's portentous "I am in here"
Hal's portentous "I am in here"
(noun) the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration / (noun) a highly rhetorical speech
The JEsuit delivers a peroration on the necessity of the "leap outward" into adulthood
The JEsuit delivers a peroration on the necessity of the "leap outward" into adulthood