Posted on 11/11/2013 5:00:35 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, November 11, 2013 – aleatory
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
Iconoclast — n 1. a person who attacks established or traditional concepts, principles, laws, etc 2. a. a destroyer of religious images or sacred objects b. an adherent of the heretical movement within the Greek Orthodox Church from 725 to 842 ad , which aimed at the destruction of icons and religious images
[C16: from Late Latin iconoclastes, from Late Greek eikonoklastes , from eikōn icon + klastēs breaker]
icono'clastic
— adj
icono'clastically
— adv
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
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James 4:9.
I would say 4:7 is more apropos re: our political climate.
I was just playing the contrarian to your earlier citation.
That’s weird. I hit reply and it thought I was talking to myself.
You obviously were,
But, wouldn’t you agree that the KJV of Jeremiah 31:3 applies to our little community?
In the history of our nation, iconoclasts have been a necessity. They have helped us grow and develop. They questioned the status of any number of life’s aspects, often for the better. However, when the liberals decided the purpose wasn’t to question these things, but to completely tear them down along with all our tenets and structures, they became little more than disgusting barbarians.
You’re talking about the point, when Philosophy, became Critical Theory.
Was she being an iconoclast for revealing the real her?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3090117/posts
I don’t get the connection but I get Jeremiah 31:16, to console us for the big mess we are in now.
I loathe Herbert Marcuse. Sadly, he is the most influential person of the twentieth century (for ill).
This whole group, has remained relatively constant for over a decade, I would say, there is a good deal of affection in the classroom. Even for those that aren’t here all the time.
The whole Frankfurt School.
You’re going all Kumbaya in your old age, tiger. ;)
good for her, i give her credit for coming out with that. A+++
A+++ now questioning the status quo is considered treasonous.
Yup.
Dont’t get crazy. Lol
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