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practico-inert

practico-inert adjective: having arisen as the result of a sociopolitical struggle, but no longer responsive to the needs it was intended to serve.

Adjective

practico-inert (not comparable)

  1. Having arisen as the result of a sociopolitical struggle, but no longer responsive to the needs it was intended to serve.

Origin of practico-inert

Coined by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Questions about practico-inert

What does practico-inert mean?
Practico-inert means having arisen as the result of a sociopolitical struggle, but no longer responsive to the needs it was intended to serve.
What part of speech is practico-inert?
Practico-inert is an adjective.

Words near practico-inert in the dictionary

  1. practicings
  2. practicioner
  3. practick
  4. practicks
  5. practico
  6. practico-inert
  7. practico-inertia
  8. practicos
  9. practics
  10. practicum
  11. practicumer

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