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Word of the Day – Ontology

  • Noun: OntologyKant_foto
    1. a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being
    2. a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence
  • Adjective:  Ontological

    1. of or relating to ontology
    2. relating to or based upon being or existence
  •  Synonyms:
    1.  existential
    2. metaphysical
    3. phenomenological
    4. philosophical
    5. supernatural
    6. transcendental
  • Usage:
  • “To be a European or American Jew has hardly been perceived as a contradiction, but to be an Arab Jew has been seen as a kind of logical paradox, even an ontological subversion.”

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Word of the Day – Sacrosanct

  •  Noun: SacrosanctPrayer_in_Cairo_1865
    1. most sacred or holy : inviolable
    2. treated as if holy : immune from criticism or violation <politically sacrosanct programs>
  • Synonyms:
    1. Sacred
    2. Hallowed
    3. Respected
    4. Inviolable
    5. Inviolate
    6. Unimpeachable
    7. Invulnerable
    8. Untouchable
    9. inalienable
  •  Usage:

“Another kind of modern tribune would be ombudsmen to whom the poor could appeal against routine bureaucratic indignities, as the Roman poor were protected by a tribune’s “sacrosanct” physical presence. ~~ New York Times Editorial

  • Encountered:

New York Times Editorial: An Ancient Civics Lesson

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw them out into the yard. “Oh, it’s just a couple little innocent bad days.” Well, we had a big rain. I don’t know what it was growing in but I think we used to put eggshells out there and coffee grounds, too. Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothin’. They’re your days. Choke ’em!”  ~ Tom Waits

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Word of the Day – Dictator

  •  Noun: Dictator361px-Bashar_al-Assad_(cropped)
    1. a person granted absolute emergency power; especially :  one appointed by the senate of ancient Rome
    2. one holding complete autocratic control
    3. one that dictate
  •  Synonyms:
    1. autocrat
    2. absolute ruler
    3. despot
    4. tyrant
    5. oppressor
  • Usage:
  • “The good news for President Obama: His detractors no longer think he’s a socialist. The bad news: He’s now a dictator.” ~ Washington Post article
  • Encountered:
    • Over and over that Obama is a dictator

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Word of the Day – Communism

  •  Noun:  Communismroflbot122314
    1. a theory advocating elimination of private property
    2. a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed
    3. a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    4. a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
    5.  a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
    6. communist systems collectively
  •  Synonyms:
    1. commie
    2. comrade
    3. Red
    4. socialist
  • Usage:
  • “Publicity for an event sponsored by the Koch brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity served up a blunt Obama-is-a-communist message over the weekend, as Talking Points Memo reports..”
  • Encountered:
    • Over and over that Obama is a communist

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