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isopolity
noun
equal rights of citizenship, as in different communities; mutual political rights.
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The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 b.c.) was the first author to use 颈蝉辞辫辞濒墨迟别铆补 鈥渆quality of civic rights.鈥� 滨蝉辞辫辞濒墨迟别铆补 applied to individuals and communities; it also meant reciprocity of such rights between states (as by treaty). 笔辞濒墨迟别铆补 鈥渃itizenship, daily life of a citizen, body of citizens; government, polity, constitution鈥� is a derivative of the noun 辫贸濒颈蝉 鈥渃itadel (of a city), city, one鈥檚 city or country.鈥� 笔贸濒颈蝉 comes the very complicated Proto-Indo-European root pel-, 辫别濒菨-, 辫濒脓- 鈥渃itadel, fortified elevation, city.鈥� The same root yields the Sanskrit noun 辫奴虂谤 鈥渃itadel, city鈥� (Singapur 鈥淪ingapore鈥� means 鈥淟ion City鈥�), and Lithuanian 辫颈濒矛蝉 鈥渃itadel, castle.鈥� Isopolity entered English in the 19th century.
how is isopolity used?
Isopolity agreements offered states and their citizens a way to share most fully in each other’s judicial systems, political processes, religious and cultural life, without giving up their prized mutual autonomy.
In the nineteenth century, the British lawyer and legal theorist A. V. Dicey proposed the creation of a common citizenship, or 鈥�isopolity,鈥� between the United States and the United Kingdom.
blinkered
adjective
narrow-minded and subjective; unwilling to understand another viewpoint.
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The meanings of blinkered 鈥�(of a horse) fitted with blinkers to restrict vision鈥� and 鈥�(of a person) having a narrow, limited outlook鈥� are all but simultaneous, dating from the end of the 19th century.
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These anti-fans see, in new casts and storylines, the agendas of blinkered Social Justice Warriors more interested in diversity quotas and Signaling Virtue than making good movies.
I felt my temperature rise at the thought of LaFramboise’s blinkered arrogance.
epigone
noun
an undistinguished imitator, follower, or successor of an important writer, painter, etc.
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The English noun epigone ultimately comes from the Greek plural noun 别辫铆驳辞苍辞颈 鈥渙ffspring, posterity,鈥� literally 鈥�(ones) born after or later,鈥� a noun use of the adjective 别辫铆驳辞苍辞蝉 鈥渂orn besides.鈥� The original, primary use of 别辫铆驳辞苍辞颈 was for the sons of the seven heroes who fought against 鈥淪even-Gated鈥� Thebes, traditionally a generation before the Trojan War. The secondary use of 别辫铆驳辞苍辞颈 was for the heirs of the 诲颈谩诲辞肠丑辞颈 鈥渟uccessors,鈥� i.e., Alexander the Great鈥檚 (356-323 b.c.) generals (e.g., Ptolemy, Seleucus) who divided Alexander鈥檚 conquests among themselves. The 诲颈谩诲辞肠丑辞颈 were very competent and their offspring far inferior, which is the modern meaning of epigone. Epigone entered English in the 19th century.
how is epigone used?
… is there anything lower than stealing from an epigone?
The palace was partly designed by a famous architect of the time, L贸pez i Porta, one of Gaudi’s epigones, and partly by Benvingut himself, which explains the labyrinthine, chaotic, indecisive layout of every storey in the building.