Meaning of thewlessness | Babel Free

Definitions

The state, quality, or condition of being thewless

uncountable

Examples

“A consequence of this which only worsens the intellectuals' thewlessness is that their antagonists are preaching a salvationary religion, and as Max Weber has said, such religions attract⟳ social strata in decline⟳.”

“The cloying diminution of signification and significance—indeed the thewlessness of all aspects of meaning, whether semantic, syntactic or pragmatic—that befalls the conscious mind⟳ as a result⟳ of its tendance upon a symbol [...]”

“That thewlessness is a pointed recollection of the last⟳ lines of "History": "Let⟳ us go down," Canaan's invaders tell⟳ themselves as they pause before descending to pillage and take⟳ possession, [...]”

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