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banausic

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8 lettersPronunciation /bəˈnɔːsɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aabcinsuStarts with BEnds with C0 clues
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  1. (formal) ordinary and not refined

Word origin

From Ancient Greek βαναυσικός (banausikós, “of or for mechanics”), from βάναυσος (bánausos, “mechanical; ironsmith”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming relational adjectives). βάναυσος is derived from βαύνος (baúnos, “forge, furnace”), a Pre-Greek word of unknown origin.

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  • [T]he indifference or contempt which the ruling minorities felt towards "banausic" pursuits or technological gadgetry – an attitude rooted in the literary and oratorical bias of their education.
  • The gnomic belief that the world is conditioned by love is no idle apothegm. Love, as the instrument of creative agencies and cosmic perpetuity, is no banausic conception.
  • But how could man respect himself when he was always being brought down to earth by the most banausic things?

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