Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing advice or admonition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing advice or admonition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or relating to a
mentor
Etymologies
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Examples
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That's "homosocial" -- a term designating the cultural and geopolitical halving and socialization of humankind drawn along lines of sexuality and gender that is based not on reproductive functions alone (as was for millennia assumed by most world traditions), but as well by presumed non-sexual, yet no less compelling, same-sex attractions (familial, platonic, mentorial) cementing the alliances which constrict power and privilege according to a culture's dominant XY (male) or XX (female) chromosome preference.
G. Roger Denson: Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade G. Roger Denson 2010
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That's "homosocial" -- a term designating the cultural and geopolitical halving and socialization of humankind drawn along lines of sexuality and gender that is based not on reproductive functions alone (as was for millennia assumed by most world traditions), but as well by presumed non-sexual, yet no less compelling, same-sex attractions (familial, platonic, mentorial) cementing the alliances which constrict power and privilege according to a culture's dominant XY (male) or XX (female) chromosome preference.
G. Roger Denson: Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade G. Roger Denson 2010
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That's "homosocial" -- a term designating the cultural and geopolitical halving and socialization of humankind drawn along lines of sexuality and gender that is based not on reproductive functions alone (as was for millennia assumed by most world traditions), but as well by presumed non-sexual, yet no less compelling, same-sex attractions (familial, platonic, mentorial) cementing the alliances which constrict power and privilege according to a culture's dominant XY (male) or XX (female) chromosome preference.
G. Roger Denson: Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade G. Roger Denson 2010
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N.Y. Ginsberg's snapshot poetic, based on what he called an "unpremeditated awareness," was influenced by the mentorial relationship he had with his friend Robert Frank, the photographer.
Expecting Rain 2010
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He could have been kicked upstairs, utilised as an icon in the true sense of the word, placated into playing a more mentorial role instead of what seemed like a public humiliation.
NAACHGAANA 2009
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