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- Dictionarygrotesque/ɡrə(ʊ)ˈtɛsk/
adjective
- 1. comically or repulsively ugly or distorted: "a figure wearing a grotesque mask" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a very ugly or comically distorted figure or image: "the rods are carved in the form of a series of gargoyle faces and grotesques"
- 2. a family of 19th-century sans serif typefaces.
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2 days ago · grotesqueness. Other forms: grotesquenesses. Definitions of grotesqueness. noun. ludicrous or incongruous unnaturalness or distortion. synonyms: grotesquerie, grotesquery. see more.
5 days ago · Definition of hyperbole. Hyperbole is the use of exaggerated statements or figures of speech which are not meant to be taken literally, often used to create a dramatic effect. This type of overstatement is often used in literature or poetry to create emphasis, humour, irony or to convey emotion.
1 day ago · In Popper’s piece on free expression, she argues that the punishment of free expression is ultimately the punishment of the speaker’s ‘internal world’ – i.e., a punishment of the speaker. By Popper’s definition, as earlier, expression is defined by the combination of content and medium.
1 day ago · Kagan offers a provisional definition of liberalism, which is the theory that government exists to protect inherent, universal natural rights and that a government's legitimacy is based on consent. This is fine as a matter of basic political theory, but Kagan uses it like a computer processes code.
1 day ago · Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.
1 day ago · Elegiac, often astoundingly gorgeous, sometimes strikingly brutal, this is one of the most wonderful novels of any sort that you could hope to read. P.S. this novel edged out Erpenbeck’s more recent novel, Go, Went, Gone, also translated by Susan Bernofsky, for this list, but we also very much recommend that one.
3 days ago · Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of internal and external existence. [1] However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debate by philosophers, theologians, and scientists. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness.
