Sentences with phrase «such proclivities»

The original quest was thus one way of implementing such a proclivity toward inauthentic existence.

Not exact matches

Sociologists also deal with such topics as the components of culture, i.e., beliefs, values, language, and norms; cultural dynamics; cultural integration; cultural change; ideal culture, what people profess to follow, and real culture, how people actually behave in relation to these claims; ethnocentrism, the proclivity to see one's culture as the best and consequently all others as inferior; and cultural relativity.

It is not good science to assume that excessive crying causes disorders such as ADD, when it is entirely possible that a proclivity towards the disorder also leads to a greater tendency to cry excessively.

Whilst such proclamations will undoubtedly be partially driven by partisan warfare, it is difficult to shake off the belief that potentially deeper psychological proclivities are guiding such perspectives.

His advisers, such as Dominic Cummings, had a proclivity for honesty bordering on the suicidal.

Sometimes, however, his proclivities come at the film's expense, such as his penchant for inserting quippy humor, sarcasm, and sight gags at odd times, which often undercuts the drama or simply smacks of too much effort.

First, the script tames some of the more egregious proclivities of late, telling a story free from the buckets of irony and sarcasm that are usually employed as a form of distancing, allowing a modern audience to enjoy such an overt tale confident that they

First, the script tames some of the more egregious proclivities of late, telling a story free from the buckets of irony and sarcasm that are usually employed as a form of distancing, allowing a modern audience to enjoy such an overt tale confident that they know what kind of story this is.

The functional plot and Gordon's non-flashy directorial style aren't what make From Beyond such a memorable cult item; as with Re-Animator, it's more the audacity of staging elaborate sequences that mix up steamy sexual proclivities and monster madness.

There's a reason he's long been considered the Charlie Chaplin of cinematic martial arts: His unbridled physicality and proclivity for self - wrought disaster prove that he's an obvious heir apparent to the master of the full - body blunder, a performer of such unparalleled precision and timing that he makes inevitable victory look like a practical mistake.

We then examine how a strong middle class results in a strong democracy, and consequently in a proclivity for those societies to invest in important public programs such as public education.

The current crop of sculptors delight in such transformations and materials, like Mr. Hirst (sans his Baroque proclivities) or Dieter Roth (who made a number of artworks out of chocolate) or even Sigmar Polke (who once exhibited paintings in Venice that changed based on the city's notorious humidity).

Yet this restless, quicksilver proclivity for change came to suggest not so much a continual transformation in artistic premises — as it would with another protean artist such as Picasso — but the absence of any artistic commitments at all.

Upritchard's proclivity for painting her characters» skin in tones such as jaundiced yellow, mossy green, or calming lavender — sometimes in two tones or even a rainbow of hues — or having the patterns of their clothing continue onto their faces and hands, as if they have evolved to be able to camouflage themselves within their immediate surroundings, suggests that these creatures may signify a future race.

I believe it would much more wisely responsible for us adults to allow ourselves to be influenced by the quality of care involved in listening to other people as if they mattered; because the absence of such care (i. e., carelessness) seems to lie at the basis of our species» most unsustainable proclivities.

Such analysis is a busman's holiday for lawyers who have a proclivity for identifying «issues» (read: «problems») but are far less likely to advance solutions.

From an early age, most children form friendships with those who are similar to themselves in observablecharacteristics, such as age, sex, ethnicity, and behavioral proclivities.

If replicated by future studies, these preliminary findings suggest that the MAOA - L would confer a vulnerability to negative social experiences, including early trauma, and a specific proclivity toward reactive aggression, i.e. that type of aggression triggered by exaggerated levels of negative emotion, such as anger and anxiety.