Meaning of paranoiac-critical | Babel Free
Definitions
Of or relating to the Dalian surrealist technique of inducing a paranoid state in one's own mind in order to deconstruct the psychological concept of identity, such that subjectivity becomes the primary aspect of the artwork.
not-comparable
Examples
“[T]heir motions tend⟳ to convey a kind of implicit critique of the social as surface, as empty speech, and commence a paranoiac-critical stance toward society which is refigured into a kind of dumb show⟳ through such a differential "depth of field" […].”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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