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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
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The spurious eminence of the pop celebrity
<the spurious eminence of the pop celebrity>
What would you make of the above phrase as it is withut any further context? Why is the eminence spurious, what is the reason for this spuriousness, eminence or celebrity?
Please help me.
What would you make of the above phrase as it is withut any further context? Why is the eminence spurious, what is the reason for this spuriousness, eminence or celebrity?
Please help me.
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<the spurious eminence of the pop celebrity> I take it as referring to the phenomenon of the class, not any particular individual. It's probably just jealousy talking. Some people who feel they have worked hard to earn their eminence in other fields may believe that the pop celebrities have not.
- <the spurious eminence of the pop celebrity> I take it as referring to the phenomenon of the class, not any particular individual.
- It's probably just jealousy talking.
- Some people who feel they have worked hard to earn their eminence in other fields may believe that the pop celebrities have not.
- what is the reason for this spuriousness, eminence or celebrity?
- Neither.
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<the spurious eminence of the pop celebrity>
I take it as referring to the phenomenon of the class, not any particular individual.
It's probably just jealousy talking.
Some people who feel they have worked hard to earn their eminence in other fields may believe that the pop celebrities have not.
I take it as referring to the phenomenon of the class, not any particular individual.
It's probably just jealousy talking.
Some people who feel they have worked hard to earn their eminence in other fields may believe that the pop celebrities have not.
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AvangiI think that in your quote, "eminence" is a quality, but "celebrity" is a person. Do you mean to switch definitions? (and call "celebrity" a quality?)Thanks, Avangi.
'eminence' is false because the celebrity, perhaps, hasn't worked that much as compared to other individuals from some different field such as academic class, assuming har
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Jackson6612The celebrity is the reason. Do I make any sense?Yes, you're probably right.
I shouldn't have dragged my feet on it.
The noun "celebrity" is both countable and uncountable. The countable celebrity is a person. The uncountable celebrity is the quality of being celebrated which attaches to that person.
Your legend, "The spur
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