Sentences with phrase «idiosyncratic ways individuals»
The book is dense with revelations, from the unexpected popularity of certain sexual positions, to the average number of times happy — and unhappy — couples kiss, to the prevalence of lying, to the surprising loyalty most men and women feel for their partner (even when in a deteriorating relationship), to the vivid and idiosyncratic ways individuals of different ages, genders and nationalities describe their «ideal romantic evening.»
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Smith and Denton regard this «recognizable religion» as a middle way between organizational religion (that of churches, denominations and seminaries) and individual religion (which is idiosyncratic, eclectic, syncretistic).
The fourth definition is «the doctrines, opinions, or way of thinking of an individual, class, etc.» I used the term «ideology» in its usual, dictionary sense rather than in Strauss» idiosyncratic usage.
The idea of the unequal glory of the blessed may run against our egalitarian instincts, but it is really a way of saying that individuals count, Saints are highly idiosyncratic.
Midwestern artists seem more likely to develop their own individual and idiosyncratic ways, less influenced by current trends.
They experimented with new ways of teaching and learning; they encouraged discussion and free inquiry; they felt that form in art had meaning; they were committed to the rigor of the studio and the laboratory; they practiced living and working together as a community; they shared the ideas and values of different cultures; they had faith in learning through experience and doing; they trusted in the new while remaining committed to ideas from the past; and they valued the idiosyncratic nature of the individual.
-LSB-...] In an interesting twist to the climate change debate, communities and individuals once seen as quaintly idiosyncratic for their way - out views have now become mainstream and may yet provide some of the answers to the biggest questions we all face.
Each local government has its own extremely idiosyncratic way of calculating how much an individual property is taxed.