I am looking for a word
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I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:49 pm
What is a word that ecompasses the 'Will to Power', that means sort of like 'hubris' except without the connotation of it being over-stepping or over-reaching? Kind of like what noble meant before it became a synonym for virtuous. Basically the belief in one's own right to rule over others.
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by lzzrdgrrl » Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:10 pm
Would 'sovereign' be a close fit?.......
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:27 pm
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by lzzrdgrrl » Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:51 pm
umn..... how 'bout Lacan's favourite, ?.......
More than just a sense of well-being as the dictionary implies. Freud uses it as a prelude to pathology, the Symbolists use it to describe sexual energy, I've seen it use to essentially name what you described in the OP. Derrida, perhaps? I'm thinking along the lines of , or self-realisation.......
More than just a sense of well-being as the dictionary implies. Freud uses it as a prelude to pathology, the Symbolists use it to describe sexual energy, I've seen it use to essentially name what you described in the OP. Derrida, perhaps? I'm thinking along the lines of , or self-realisation.......
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Re: I am looking for a word
by NapLajoieonSteroids » Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:46 pm
Suzerain could work
What about borrowing from Old High German and going with a portmanteau of ehrwerden?
I have been trying to bring Jonkheer into the language.
What about borrowing from Old High German and going with a portmanteau of ehrwerden?
I have been trying to bring Jonkheer into the language.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:26 pm
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Simple Minded » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:46 am
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:48 am
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Simple Minded » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:56 am
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:57 am
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Demon of Undoing » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:27 am
It's been called the white man's burden ( sorta), but there goes the non-prejudicial thing.
Why not simply create a word? Happens all the time. I just made one up the other day. I mean, I had been drinking, but still.
Why not simply create a word? Happens all the time. I just made one up the other day. I mean, I had been drinking, but still.
Don't know what it is, but I'm agin'it.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by lzzrdgrrl » Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:44 am
Commission - n. a delegation of business to anyone; an act of doing or committing; a trust; a charge; warrant by which anything is done; one or more persons appointed to perform certain specified duties; brokerage or allowance; v.t. empower; send with authority.....
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:22 am
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Hoosiernorm » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:24 am
Übermensch
I can never think of anything witty to put into a signature.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:26 am
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Hoosiernorm » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:36 am
I can never think of anything witty to put into a signature.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Hoosiernorm » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:37 am
Führerprinzip
I can never think of anything witty to put into a signature.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:55 am
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by crashtech » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:20 am
Not sure if there is such a word. "Patrician" is the best I can think of.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Ibrahim » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:31 am
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Endovelico » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:51 am
I'm a simple minded person. "Arrogance" might do the trick.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:08 pm
Arrogance has a negative connotation, and mamie born implies privilege bestowed by society.
Think low born Ninja with high tech skills.
Think low born Ninja with high tech skills.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Hoosiernorm » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:17 pm
Master
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Tinker » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:37 pm
The canary didn't die because this mine is dangerous, it died because it's lazy and wasn't raised with a proper work ethic.
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Re: I am looking for a word
by Simple Minded » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:18 am
Tinker,
How about the word: megalomaniac.
How about the word: megalomaniac.
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