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‖ contra mundum, phr.|ˌkɒntrə ˈmʌndəm|
[L.]
Against the world; defying or opposing everyone.
1766Ld. Chesterfield Let. 9 Dec. (1932) VI. 2787 Even he cannot be alone, contra mundum. 1887Athenæum 27 Aug. 279/1 The whole business of the great feud of Goldschmidt contra mundum. 1904G. B. Shaw Common Sense of Municipal Trading vii. 56 The narrowness that makes the Englishman's house a castle to be defended contra mundum. 1961Listener 21 Dec. 1081/1 Housman, at first almost contra mundum, fought and ultimately discredited that fashion. |