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banausic

adj
/bəˈnɔːsɪk/UK/bəˈnɔzɪk/US

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βαναυσικός (banausikós, “of or for mechanics”), from βάναυσος (bánausos, “mechanical; ironsmith”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming relational adjectives). βάναυσος is derived from βαύνος (baúnos, “forge, furnace”), a Pre-Greek word of unknown origin.

  1. derived from βαναυσικός

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to technical matters

    Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.

    • [T]he indifference or contempt which the ruling minorities felt towards "banausic" pursuits or technological gadgetry – an attitude rooted in the literary and oratorical bias of their education.

  2. Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.

    • The gnomic belief that the world is conditioned by love is no idle apothegm. Love, as the instrument of creative agencies and cosmic perpetuity, is no banausic conception.

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