Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in a
definitional manner - adverb as a
definition
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word definitionally.
Examples
-
Literally, definitionally, populism is the systematic attempt to appeal to a mass audience, to be popular.
Essay Rant Thingy Hal Duncan 2009
-
Mr. Nierporent is saying that any criticism of Likudniks, neoconservatives, or Zionists is, definitionally, an attack on the Jewish people.
-
Rebecca Black, in effect, is articulating a situation that is definitionally nihilistic on the Dreyfus/Kelly model: nihilism is "the idea that there is no reason to prefer any answer to any other."
Urizenus Sklar: All Things Sheening: Reading Charlie Sheen to Find Meaning in a Secular Age Urizenus Sklar 2011
-
Now, with respect to "Populism" and "populism" -- precisely what I'm trying to get at in that essay is that "populism" is * not* definitionally nailed to any particular prescriptive strategy such as escapism.
Essay Rant Thingy Hal Duncan 2009
-
Rebecca Black, in effect, is articulating a situation that is definitionally nihilistic on the Dreyfus/Kelly model: nihilism is "the idea that there is no reason to prefer any answer to any other."
Urizenus Sklar: All Things Sheening: Reading Charlie Sheen to Find Meaning in a Secular Age Urizenus Sklar 2011
-
Rebecca Black, in effect, is articulating a situation that is definitionally nihilistic on the Dreyfus/Kelly model: nihilism is "the idea that there is no reason to prefer any answer to any other."
Urizenus Sklar: All Things Sheening: Reading Charlie Sheen to Find Meaning in a Secular Age Urizenus Sklar 2011
-
(“Good” and “Free” are not definitionally equivalent.)
-
As they definitionally twitch and turn, we can just begin to glimpse – like an old-fashioned photo developing in a tray of chemicals – the outlines of a new form of American imperial war emerging before our eyes.
-
(“Good” and “Free” are not definitionally equivalent.) finman (Quote)
-
Rebecca Black, in effect, is articulating a situation that is definitionally nihilistic on the Dreyfus/Kelly model: nihilism is "the idea that there is no reason to prefer any answer to any other."
Urizenus Sklar: All Things Sheening: Reading Charlie Sheen to Find Meaning in a Secular Age Urizenus Sklar 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.