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more preferable — More should be dropped from this wordy expression; preferable means more desirable. Say This apartment is preferable (not more preferable) to that one. (Notice that to is used in the preceding sentence; never say prefer than. ) The comparative… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
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More German than the Germans — The assimilated Jewish community in Germany, prior to World War II, has been described as more German than the Germans . Originally, the comment was a common sneer aimed at people who had thrown off the faith of their forefathers and adopted the… … Wikipedia
Night of Desirable Objects (Fringe) — Night of Desirable Objects Fringe episode … Wikipedia
Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… … History of philosophy
wine — wineless, adj. winish, adj. /wuyn/, n., adj., v., wined, wining. n. 1. the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and… … Universalium
Epicureanism — Stephen Everson It is tempting to portray Epicureanism as the most straightforward, perhaps even simplistic, of the major dogmatic philosophical schools of the Hellenistic age. Starting from an atomic physics, according to which ‘the totality of… … History of philosophy
democracy — /di mok reuh see/, n., pl. democracies. 1. government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. 2. a state… … Universalium
