Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Merely mechanical; routine.
- adjective Of or relating to a mechanic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Merely mechanical; characteristic of mechanics or a mechanic.
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- adjective
Mechanical ; materialistic, uncultured. - adjective
utilitarian
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (formal) ordinary and not refined
Etymologies
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Examples
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They used the term banausic for the low-cast, cringing souls involved in the making of things.
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They used the term banausic for the low-cast, cringing souls involved in the making of things.
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The term "banausic" comes from philosophy and concerns "the illiberal or vulgar arts," subjects with which Vidal has frequently dealt.
Myra, Myron, & Gore Abbot, Steven 1975
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The gainful occupations, or any occupations pursued for gain, were "banausic," which meant that they had an effect opposite to that of cultivation.
Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals William Graham Sumner 1875
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Reporters must be honest in online personas, but not blah and banausic « Spreader of Gossip & Vice at 12:16 am, September 29, 2009
Is transparency the new objectivity? 2 visions of journos on social media » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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So unromantic, so banausic, so thoroughly unappealing, yet for all that imponderably heroic.
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The Greeks preferred the theoretical, the leisurely, to the busy banausic, or mechanical, life of labor.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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The Greeks preferred the theoretical, the leisurely, to the busy banausic, or mechanical, life of labor.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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The Greeks preferred the theoretical, the leisurely, to the busy banausic, or mechanical, life of labor.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Perhaps Mr. Mazzocco's inventive use of the English language is the source of the confusion, with his "irriguous" organ and "banausic" muse which go "havocking" about the western world.
Myra, Myron, & Gore Abbot, Steven 1975
garyth123 commented on the word banausic
Picked this up reading Stephen Fry.
December 1, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word banausic
Yes, we are not banausic.
December 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word banausic
Not banausic today.
December 1, 2008
sionnach commented on the word banausic
Verdammte Kulturbanausen! In den Worten von Götz von Berlichingen ..... Mozart KV 231
December 1, 2008
darqueau commented on the word banausic
I am only banausic
February 5, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word banausic
JM is calling all banausic folk to sit down and remain uncounted, please.
July 16, 2010
knitandpurl commented on the word banausic
"Still, despite the tight shackles and endless drudgery, despite the difficulty in dealing with all this, how should I say, journalistic prose--for that's what it is: lifeless, banausic drivel that rushes like a torrent and lacks all color and rhythm, except that it seems to come in waves, but you could at least pace yourselves by contending with these waves one at a time, consider only the number of strokes to be made between each strike of the clock, instead of dwelling on the calendar."
The No Variations by Luis Chitarroni, translated by Darren Koolman, p 156
September 16, 2013