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 Translation for 'purposelessness' from English to Hungarian
NOUN   purposelessness | -
SYNO aimlessness | purposelessness
céltalanság {noun}purposelessness
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Translation for 'purposelessness' from English to Hungarian

purposelessness
céltalanság {noun}
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Usage Examples English
  • His work could be defined as sculpture or installation and is characterised by risk taking and purposelessness in tightly and often precariously balanced juxtapositions of objects.
  • The most prominent theme in his work is the purposelessness and absurdity of existence.
  • This may be understood as a form of defense mechanism in which the individual engages fanatically in activities in response to a deep sense of purposelessness.
  • Durkheim used it in his influential book "Suicide" (1897) in order to outline the social (and not individual) causes of suicide, characterized by a rapid change of the standards or values of societies (often erroneously referred to as "normlessness"), and an associated feeling of alienation and purposelessness.
  • Theatre of the Absurd promotes a detachment from reality by emphasising the purposelessness of life in its themes.

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