the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music.
Origin: Greek kátharsis a cleansing,
Good Words: Surrogate
noun:
a person appointed to act for another; deputy.
verb:
to put into the place of another as a successor, substitute, or deputy; substitute for another; to subrogate.
synonyms: substitute, proxy, replacement; deputy, representative, stand-in, standby, stopgap, relief, pinch-hitter, understudy.
acculturation by Merriam Webster
noun ac·cul·tur·a·tion | \ ə-ˌkəl-chə-ˈrā-shən , a-\
Definition of acculturation
1: cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture the acculturation of immigrants to American life also: a merging of cultures as a result of prolonged contact
2: the process by which a human being acquires the culture of a particular society from infancy
Culture
Culture [ kuhl-cher ] noun
the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period:Greek culture.
Good Words: flâneur
flâneur |flaˈnəː| |French flanœʀ| noun (plural flâneurs pronounced same)
a man who saunters around observing society.
Definition from the Tate Modern:
Baudelaire identified the flâneur in his essay The Painter of Modern Life (1863) as the dilettante observer. The flâneur carried a set of rich associations: the man of leisure, the idler, the urban explorer, the connoisseur of the street. Such a figure can be seen featured in many impressionist paintings.
The flâneur has become an important figure for scholars, artists and writers and was taken up in the twentieth century by the Situationists.
Citation:
Art Term: FLÂNEUR, Tate. < https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/flaneur > [22 August 2019 ].
Good Words: Gentrification
gentrification |ˌjentrəfəˈkāSH(ə)n| noun
the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste: an area undergoing rapid gentrification.
Good Words: exegesis
exegesis noun |ˌeksəˈjēsis|
- critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture: the task of biblical exegesis | a close exegesis of the plot.
Good Words: Sartorial
sartorial |särˈtôrēəl| adjective [attributive]
- relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress: sartorial elegance.
- of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
- of or relating to clothing or style or manner of dress: sartorial splendor.
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