Definitions
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- noun The state or condition of being
sphexish .
Etymologies
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sphexish + -ness
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Examples
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A central error the Economist piece make is to conflate the absence of radical freedom with what Dan Dennett has dubbed sphexishness, which is to say, a particularly crude and stupid way of being determined.
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It goes beyond formula or personal style into the realm of obsessive compulsion, automatism, and even sphexishness.
Archive 2009-02-15 2009
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I read it for hours, enthralled in the wee hours of the morning by stuff like sphexishness.
Archive 2007-03-01 Field Notes 2007
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I read it for hours, enthralled in the wee hours of the morning by stuff like sphexishness.
Good Advice Field Notes 2007
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