excoriating
(en)
(verb) to wear off the skin of; abrade / (verb) to censure scathingly
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The dreary moral-panic literature excoriating ‘the shallows’ and the ‘post-truth’ society must be missing a vital truth about their subject
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The dreary moral-panic literature excoriating ‘the shallows’ and the ‘post-truth’ society must be missing a vital truth about their subject
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celerity
(en)
(noun) rapidity of motion or action
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The Twittering Machine thrives on its celerity, informality and interactivity.
it does sound like a word that has to do with quickness
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The Twittering Machine thrives on its celerity, informality and interactivity.
it does sound like a word that has to do with quickness
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lapidary
(en)
relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing
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It overwrites you, in lapidary fashion, with the deposit of history. Here lies the user: account details, turn-ons, preferences, search history, sex, race, class, nation.
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It overwrites you, in lapidary fashion, with the deposit of history. Here lies the user: account details, turn-ons, preferences, search history, sex, race, class, nation.
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louche
(en)
disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way
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the moment that trolls were recognized by a louche young reactionary
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the moment that trolls were recognized by a louche young reactionary
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limn
(en)
(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light
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The argument about ‘fake news’ is thus further limned by a folk history of intellectual decline
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The argument about ‘fake news’ is thus further limned by a folk history of intellectual decline
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theodicy
(en)
(noun) defense of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil
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the clickbait kind of truth, the kind that says ‘This One Weird Thing about the World Trade Center will Shock You’. It is also a kind of theodicy, an attempt to expose a ‘hidden truth’ that explains evil and suffering
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the clickbait kind of truth, the kind that says ‘This One Weird Thing about the World Trade Center will Shock You’. It is also a kind of theodicy, an attempt to expose a ‘hidden truth’ that explains evil and suffering
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acedia
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(Greek) spiritual or mental sloth; apathy; a state of listlessness or torpor
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The way the chronophagic machine fights for our attention recalls what Eastern Christianity used to call the demon of acedia
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The way the chronophagic machine fights for our attention recalls what Eastern Christianity used to call the demon of acedia
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