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art of the possible

noun

Etymology

Calque of German Kunst des Möglichen, coined by Otto von Bismarck. The possible is here a singular nominalised adjective, meaning “that which is possible”.

  1. calqued from Kunst des Möglichen

Definitions

  1. pragmatism, realism

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for art of the possible. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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