单词 | quasi-definition |
释义 | > as lemmasquasi-definition quasi-definition n. Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn/ , /ˌkwɑːzɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn/ , /ˌkwɒzɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/ , /ˌkwɑziˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/ , /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/ , /ˌkwɑsiˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/ ΚΠ 1858 Sc. Eccl. Jrnl. 22 Apr. 70/1 Quasi definitions of Faith by individual Prelates are to be deprecated, as tending to perplex the minds of Churchmen. 1927 C. R. S. Harris Duns Scotus ii. vi. 188 We are..able to arrive at a quasi-definition in which we can describe it [sc. the divine essence] more perfectly than by means of any of its other attributes. 2003 V. Hollinger in E. James & F. Mendlesohn Cambr. Compan. Sci. Fiction ii. viii. 138 This quasi-definition of a (literary) postmodernism as one which involves metafiction places postmodernism as the next stage of an aesthetic history after realism and modernism. < as lemmas |
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