Meaning of Eichmann | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from German.
2. One who willingly participates in immoral or destructive actions without ethical qualms because the actions are acceptable to society.

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Examples

“And the Nazi, in turn⟳, tries to curry favor with the Mossadnik by asking him about his sister Fruma, executed in some frozen forest by the genocidal machine Eichmann had helped design⟳.”

“Hence, no special moral or political perversion is required to produce⟳ an Eichmann; it might be said that there are thousands of potential Eichmanns.”

“Their arguments usually involve⟳ holding variants of the claim⟳ that the life of an Eichmann or a Stalin could not have⟳ been an integrated one...”

“One can imagine⟳ an Eichmann who was capable of questioning the meaning of this or that defense for his actions that he might give⟳...”

“Does the notion of a scientific gaze and the impersonality of method allow⟳ for an Eichmann in the scientist in all of us?”

“"I've been accused of playing an Eichmann-like role in supporting an evil policy."”

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