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paranoiac-critical

paranoiac-critical adjective: of or relating to the Dalian surrealist technique of inducing a paranoid state in one's own mind in order to deconstruct the psychological concept of identity, such that subjectivity becomes the primary aspect of the artwork.

Adjective

paranoiac-critical (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Dalian surrealist technique of inducing a paranoid state in one's own mind in order to deconstruct the psychological concept of identity, such that subjectivity becomes the primary aspect of the artwork.
    • [T]heir motions tend to convey a kind of implicit critique of the social as surface, as empty speech, and commence a paranoiac-critical stance toward society which is refigured into a kind of dumb show through such a differential "depth of field" […].2013, Drew Daniel, The Melancholy Assemblage, page 140

Questions about paranoiac-critical

What does paranoiac-critical mean?
Paranoiac-critical means of or relating to the Dalian surrealist technique of inducing a paranoid state in one's own mind in order to deconstruct the psychological concept of identity, such that subjectivity becomes the primary aspect of the artwork.
What part of speech is paranoiac-critical?
Paranoiac-critical is an adjective.

Words near paranoiac-critical in the dictionary

  1. paranoeas
  2. paranoeic
  3. paranoeics
  4. paranoia
  5. paranoiac
  6. paranoiac-critical
  7. paranoiacally
  8. paranoiacs
  9. paranoialike
  10. paranoias
  11. paranoic

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