Musilesque
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling the lack of inner convictions described by Robert Musil in the title character of his unfinished novel The Man Without Qualities.
"It is a position-taking which must avoid the other extreme: the Musilesque situation, in which man founders on the unlivable ideal of an exact, scientific practice of life, which ideal cannot guide practice (E. Heintel, K.-O. Apel)."
Example
More examples"It is a position-taking which must avoid the other extreme: the Musilesque situation, in which man founders on the unlivable ideal of an exact, scientific practice of life, which ideal cannot guide practice (E. Heintel, K.-O. Apel)."
Etymology
From Musil + -esque.
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