ostranenie
[ aw-strah-nuh-nee ]
/ ɔˈstrɑ nə ni /
noun
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What does "scattergood" mean?
a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.
a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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1917; <Russian; coined by Viktor Shklovsky, Russian writer and literary critic
Words nearby ostranenie
ostracize, ostracod, ostracoderm, ostracon, ostrakon, ostranenie, Ostrava, ostrich, ostrich fern, Ostrogoth, Ostrovsky
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