Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paranoiac-critical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables: para-noiac--crit-i-cal
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Example Sentences

"[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" […]."

Questions

What does paranoiac-critical mean?: 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.

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