factish
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A scientific "fact" whose power is believed in, but which is ultimately a construction, just as fetishes are constructions believed to hold spiritual powers.
— Factishes fit well the emergent and networked vision of the world, because they stress the historical quality with which every acting entity is endowed with.
形容词 adj.
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Similar to facts, but not necessarily factual; fact-like.
— This factish, leftish derivation of the old dictum, “Art is art precisely in that it is not Nature,” by wrongly interpreting the word Nature, utterly betrayed the master's poetic sense.
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Focused on fact rather than reason or speculation.
— There is no doubt a strong tendency to revolt against abstract reasoning. Human nature has a strong “factish” element in it.
词源
词源 1
From fact + -ish.
词源 2
Blend of fact + fetish, coined by Bruno Latour.
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