adj
banausic
Banausic (adj) means relating to technical matters; mechanical.
adj
1
Relating to technical matters; mechanical.
2
Plain and purely practical, showing no interest in beauty or ideas.
"Not only do poets and artists “tell lies”, not only is art a banausic bad habit, but, worse yet, it ignites desires and passions that prevent us from being the calm intellectual observers required of well-behaved citizens."
— Rupert Woodfin; Judy Groves, illustrator, Plato’s Condemnation of Art (2001)
"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."
— Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs (1961)
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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.
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What is the meaning of banausic?
"banausic" (adj) means relating to technical matters; mechanical.
What are the different meanings of banausic?
"banausic" has 2 main meanings: 1. Relating to technical matters; mechanical; 2. Plain and purely practical, showing no interest in beauty or ideas.
