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单词 skoob
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skoobn.

/skuːb/
Etymology: Reversal of books: not in general use (see quots.).
A pile of books assembled in order to be destroyed as a gesture against the proliferation and undue veneration of the printed word (see quot. 1967); the ceremonial burning of a book or books.
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society > communication > book > aversion to books > [noun] > burning of books
skoob1963
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > vandalism or iconoclasm
spulyiationa1688
book burninga1722
spoliation1752
iconoclasm1797
vandalism1798
biblioclasm1864
skoob1963
trashing1970
vandalizing1979
1963 Guardian 14 Feb. 6/5 The Skoob Image—the mangled books.
1966 Archit. Rev. Dec. 441/2 A skoob tower by John Latham—a construction of art books destined to be detonated.
1967 Listener 18 May 654/3 Latham's earlier works were assemblages of torn and paint-covered books... His ‘skoob’ (books spelt backwards) are a cathartic topsy-turvying of the natural reaction of horror at the destruction of the printed word.
1968 Guardian 14 Sept. 3/3 Mr. Stone said it was the first time that a ‘skoob’, the burning of a book, had taken place in Kensington Church Walk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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