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Meaning of Ozymandias | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌɒziˈmændiəs/

Definitions

A person once famous and respected who has since been utterly forgotten.

Equivalents

Français Ozymandias

Examples

“2013, Will Self, quoted in The Guardian: "Falling short: seven writers reflect on failure" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/22/falling-short-writers-reflect-failure An unavoidable sequel of the posterity delusion is the death of the writerly self, which depends too much on incoherence and inconsistency to remain pompous for long. And of course, the vast majority of today's mummified immortals are tomorrow's Ozymandiases.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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