A dozen terms from Ancient Greek that are perhaps worthy of a comeback.
Doxa means common belief or popular opinion and comes from verb δοκεῖν dokein, “to appear”, “to seem”, “to think” and “to accept.”
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A man holding up a sign on the street saw “greatness” in the Los Angeles Lakers when no one else did.
A man holding up a sign on the street saw “greatness” in the Los Angeles Lakers when no one else did.
↩︎ The New York Times
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The secrets of an obituary writer. “For a newspaper beat, there’s nothing like it.”
The secrets of an obituary writer. “For a newspaper beat, there’s nothing like it.”
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