second-handednessn.

Etymology: < second-handed adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: second-ˈhandedness.

The quality or condition of being second-hand or hackneyed; secondhandness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > want of originality

unoriginality1770

second-handedness1905

derivativeness1927

1905 G. B. Shaw Let. (1972) II. 551 I have striven hard to open English eyes to the emptiness of Shakespeare's philosophy, to the superficiality and second-handedness of his morality.

1920 R. Macaulay Potterism ii. iii. 90 Once you are tied up with a party, you can only avoid second-handedness, taking over views ready made.

1929 A. N. Whitehead Aims Educ. iv. 79 The second-handedness of the learned world is the secret of its mediocrity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	second-handedness
释义	second-handednessn. Etymology: < second-handed adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: second-ˈhandedness. The quality or condition of being second-hand or hackneyed; secondhandness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > [noun] > want of originality unoriginality1770 second-handedness1905 derivativeness1927 1905 G. B. Shaw Let. (1972) II. 551 I have striven hard to open English eyes to the emptiness of Shakespeare's philosophy, to the superficiality and second-handedness of his morality. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism ii. iii. 90 Once you are tied up with a party, you can only avoid second-handedness, taking over views ready made. 1929 A. N. Whitehead Aims Educ. iv. 79 The second-handedness of the learned world is the secret of its mediocrity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1905
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