practico-inert

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having arisen as the result of a sociopolitical struggle, but no longer responsive to the needs it was intended to serve.

Word forms

practico-inert

Etymology

Coined by Jean-Paul Sartre.

Related words

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