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Semantic satiation is a psychological phenomenon in which repetition causes a word or phrase to temporarily lose meaning for the listener, [1] who then perceives the speech as repeated meaningless sounds. Extended inspection or analysis (staring at the word or phrase for a long time) in place of repetition also produces the same effect.
“It doesn’t make any sense,” said Dr. Laura Luzietti, the executive director of Every Child Pediatrics, where Isabella receives primary care. “It says that something didn’t go the way ...
These statements do not make themselves true, no matter how many times you say them. Empty assertions usually result in escalation of conflicts. When someone asks that another person do something but is unwilling to give you any reason why that person should do it, this is unconvincing, thus often unproductive.
Today, meta-physicists are split. According to substance theory, a substance is distinct from its properties, while according to bundle theory, an object is merely its sense data. The definition of sound, simplified, is a hearable noise. The tree will make a sound, even if nobody heard it, simply because it could have been heard.
"The exception that proves the rule" is a saying whose meaning is contested. Henry Watson Fowler's Modern English Usage identifies five ways in which the phrase has been used, [1] and each use makes some sort of reference to the role that a particular case or event takes in relation to a more general rule.
Likewise the verb sleep can have the figurative meaning of "being in dormant state", and the adverb furiously can have the figurative meaning "to do an action violently or quickly". figurative meanings of colorless: nondescript, unseen, drab; figurative meanings of green: immature, pertaining to environmental consciousness, newly formed, naive ...
Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".
The internet feels depressingly bleak these days: AI slop and bots are all over social media. We all exist in our own little online echo chambers.