DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGE
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGE, short forms Modern English Usage, MEU. The best-known usage manual of the 20c, compiled by H. W.
FOWLER and published by Oxford University Press in 1926, with a 2nd edition edited by Sir Ernest
GOWERS in 1965. Every major hazard in English usage was subjected to reanalysis and, where necessary, provided with sage qualifications or ‘Keep Off’ signs.
MEU is a collection of articles arranged under both ordinary headings (
this,
thistle,
thither,
-th nouns,
those,
though) and idiosyncratic ones (
battered ornaments,
out of the frying pan,
sturdy indefensibles,
swapping horses). This work in particular has made the name Fowler as well known among those interested in usage and the language as Johnson and Webster, a point of reference for both those who venerate and those who regret what he has had to say. In 1996, Oxford brought out
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage, edited by R. W. Burchfield. Presented as the 3rd edition, this is effectively a new book that sets Fowler himself in historical perspective. Oxford currently publishes both the 2nd and 3rd editions. See
USAGE GUIDANCE AND CRITICISM.
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Religion's anthropocentric conceit: atheism's cosmic modesty is more moral.
Newspaper article from: Free Inquiry; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...example of what I view as "anthropocentric conceit" than in this book. After repeated invocations...and David Noebel, this anthropocentric conceit is a notable feature. So many accounts...with such quantities of anthropocentric conceit that it almost becomes plausible. As...
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Impure Conceits: Rhetoric and Ideology in Wordsworth's "Excursion".(Review)
Magazine article from: Studies in Romanticism; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; Alison Hickey. Impure Conceits: Rhetoric and Ideology in Wordsworth...surprised by Alison Hickey's Impure Conceits. Hickey takes a refreshingly enthusiastic...are always qualified by "impure conceits," the indeterminate, errant, and...
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The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism.
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 1/28/1989; 700+ words
; THE FATAL CONCEIT: THE ERRORS OF SOCIALISM FRIEDRICH HAYEK...Such attempts have been based on the "conceit" that it is possible to sit down and...through some sort of central authority. The conceit is "fatal", in Mr Hayek's view...
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The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism; The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek, vol. 1.
Magazine article from: The Nation; 4/17/1989; ; 700+ words
; THE FATAL CONCEIT: The Errors of Socialism. The Collected...Press. 180 pp. $24.95. The fatal conceit of socialism, says F. A. Hayek, is...this Olympian perspective, The Fatal Conceit adds little to our knowledge of why socialist...
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Fed: Abbott imposing "theological conceit" in stemcell debate - Carr
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 8/24/2006; 616 words
; ...2006 Fed: Abbott imposing "theological conceit" in stemcell debate - Carr CANBERRA...is imposing his "tortured theological conceit" in the debate about expanding stem cell...people who hold pretty tortured theological conceit to stand in the way of research that can...
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Socialism's 'fatal conceit'
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 2/23/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...unavoidably, because it is based on the flawed concept, the "fatal conceit," that one man or one group, one Cabinet of commanding officials...flaws that Hayek warned of, i.e., lack of knowledge and conceit, that are simultaneously present in our political leadership...
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Shedding crumbs and conceit
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/8/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Jerusalem Post 04-08-2009 Headline: Shedding crumbs and conceit Byline: JUDY MONTAGU Edition; Daily Section: Opinion Page...possibly more prone than others to falling into the trap of conceit and ostentation. Modesty - in men or women, old or young...
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The Conference's Conceit
Newspaper article from: Forward; 9/16/1994; ; 700+ words
; Leonard Fein Forward 09-16-1994 The Conference's Conceit. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations...that when your voice speaks, masses attend. The unavoidable conceit is fed, as well, by the respectful treatment the Conference...
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An imperialist conceit at No 10
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 6/18/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...would soon end up leading the enterprise. It is an imperialist conceit which still holds sway in 10 Downing Street today. Tony Blair...was at the Brussels helm. It is, of course, a ludicrous conceit. But scratch a europhile, from Downing Street down, and...
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Mugabe's 'fatal conceit'
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 8/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...page example recently of what F.A. Hayek called "the fatal conceit" -- the idea that some great mind or committee can do a better...Wines -- provides a perfect illustration of how the "fatal conceit" of government can turn a difficulty into a catastrophe...
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conceit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
conceit in literature, fanciful...fond of Petrarchan conceits, which were conventional...poets , who fashioned conceits that were witty...declaring that in the conceit "the most heterogeneous...Eliot have used conceits.
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self-conceit
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
self-con·ceit • n. another term for self-congratulation . DERIVATIVES: self-con·ceit·ed adj.
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Literature for Adults
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...implications. Western literature incorporates a number of conceits that are specifically associated with death. These include...images like the deathbed scene. But in order to appreciate such conceits, one first needs to understand the way literature has reflected...
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Language Style
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...spelling and grammar. concettism 1. any writing characterized by conceits, i.e., elaborate and fanciful figures of speech, as in...x2019;s “Prufrock.” 2. the use of conceits in writing. economese language and jargon typical of economists...
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Behavior
Book article from: -Ologies and -Isms
...characteristics of a fraud. —charlatanic, adj. consuetude a habit or custom; usual behavior. coxcombry foolish conceit or vanity; behavior typical of a coxcomb. daredevilism reckless or foolhardy behavior. Also called daredeviltry . —...
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