Ewig-weibliche

American  

[ey-vikh-vahyp-li-khuh] / ˈeɪ vɪxˈvaɪp lɪ xə /

noun

German.

1. the eternal feminine.

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Example Sentences

And throughout the perplexities of life and the world, where all things are but signs and tokens of some inner and hidden reality, it is the ideal of love and service, das Ewig-Weibliche, that draws us on.

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For the man Knox was a true man, and woman, the ewig-weibliche, was as necessary to him, in spite of all low theories, as ever she was to Goethe.

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"You think, in fact," said the Romancer, "that however little its victim was aware of it, there was a touch of the Ewig-weibliche in her fascination?"

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Rahel herself never overstepped the limits of "das Ewig-Weibliche."

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You may turn with all apparent fervor and pray "das Ewig-Weibliche" to save you.

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