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d茅j脿 vu
noun
the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.
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The late, great social philosopher Lawrence 鈥淵ogi鈥� Berra is credited with saying 鈥淚t鈥檚 d茅j脿 vu all over again,鈥� referring to Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris constantly hitting back-to-back home runs for the Yankees in the early ’60s. This 鈥淵ogi-ism鈥� aside, d茅j脿 vu, literally “already seen,” is the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time, a term used in psychology. The phrase is French; it was first used and perhaps coined by Emile Boirac (1851鈥�1917), a French philosopher and parapsychologist. 顿茅箩脿 鈥渁lready鈥� comes from Old French des ja 鈥渇rom now on鈥�; des comes from Vulgar Latin dex or de ex, a combination of Latin prepositions 诲脓 鈥渙f, from鈥� and ex 鈥渙ut, out of.鈥� Ja 鈥渘ow, already,鈥� comes from the Latin adverb jam with the same meaning. Vu comes from Vulgar Latin 惫颈诲奴迟耻蝉 or 惫别诲奴迟耻蝉, equivalent to Latin 惫墨蝉耻蝉, past participle of vi诲脓re 鈥渢o see.鈥� 顿茅箩脿 vu entered English in the early 20th century.
how is d茅j脿 vu used?
Trapped in a time loop: That鈥檚 how one man felt because of his recurring episodes of deja vu.
A person experiencing d茅j脿 vu is no more likely to accurately predict what they’re going to see around the next corner than someone who is blindly guessing.
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bellicose
adjective
inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.
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Bellicose comes directly from Latin 产别濒濒颈肠艒蝉耻蝉 鈥渨arlike, fond of war,鈥� ultimately from the noun bellum 鈥渨ar, warfare鈥� and the adjective suffix –艒蝉耻蝉 鈥渇ull of, abounding in,鈥� the source, via Anglo French and Old French, of the English suffixes –ose and –ous. The usual classical form bellum comes from preclassical duellum (the further origin of the noun is unknown), which remained in classical Latin as a poetic and archaic variant of bellum. Duellum in Vulgar and Medieval Latin developed the sense 鈥渁n arranged combat between two people, according to a code of procedure,鈥� English duel, from a mistaken etymological connection with duo 鈥渢飞辞.鈥� Bellicose entered English in the second half of the 15th century.
how is bellicose used?
I was always inappropriately dressed, and inappropriately calibrated in tone: In one instance, I was too deferential; in another, too bellicose.听
Although North Korea has often sounded incorrigibly bellicose, it has proved鈥� to be a shrewd 鈥媠trategist capable of judging when to throttle up the tensions and when to pull back on them.
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rhathymia
noun
carefree behavior; light-heartedness.
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Rhathymia 鈥渃arefree behavior, lightheartedness鈥� comes straight from Greek 谤丑腻迟丑测虅尘铆a (also 谤丑腻颈迟丑测虅尘铆补, 谤丑腻岣痶丑测虅尘铆补) 鈥渆asiness of temper, taking things easy.鈥� 搁丑腻迟丑测虅尘铆补 is a derivative of the adjective 谤丑腻虂颈迟丑测虅尘辞蝉 鈥渆asygoing, good-tempered,鈥� but also 鈥渇rivolous; indifferent, slack.鈥� The first part of 谤丑腻迟丑测虅尘铆a is the adverb 谤丑茫, 谤丑茅补, 谤丑别墨补 鈥渆asily, lightly鈥� (its further etymology is unknown). The second element of 谤丑腻迟丑测虅尘铆a is a derivative of the noun 迟丑测虅尘贸蝉 鈥渟oul, spirit, mind, life, breath.鈥� The combining form of 迟丑测虅尘贸蝉, –迟丑测虅尘铆补, is used in English in the formation of compound nouns denoting mental disorders, such as dysthymia, alexithymia, and cyclothymia. Rhathymia entered English in the first half of the 20th century.
how is rhathymia used?
Rhathymia is the preferred mode of presentation of the self.
From this sprang slackness, rhathymia, long delays in reaching decisions or paying out salaries, and downright callousness in ignoring positive distress.
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