luftmensch

noun
luft·mensch | \ ˈlu̇ft-ˌmen(t)sh \
plural luftmenschen\ ˈlu̇ft-ˌmen(t)-shən \

Definition of luftmensch
: an impractical contemplative person having no definite business or income
1. "luftmensch " and " gourami " for starters.
2. He correctly spelled Mackinaw, ferriferous and luftmensch.
3. Her management recalls Jewish tradition, in which a wife honors a luftmenschby freeing him
of worldly burdens.
4. In the sixth round, he easily spelled luftmensch, which is a German word meaning a dreamer
or an impractical person with no definite trade, business or income.
5. Father viewed son, in the Yiddish idiom of this book, as a luftmensch, someone with his head
in the clouds, destined to suffer, and properly, for his softness.
6. Throughout his career, his son recalled, " behind his back, they would say that my father was
a Luftmensch _ a man who floats in air, a dreamer ."
7. His father, who changed the family name from Litvinsky, was a failed lawyer from Odessa
whom his son once described as " a luftmensch, " literally " a person of air ."
8. His mother Bry Conley said Sean had his share of luck, including getting the word
" luftmensch, " a German word that means dreamer and that he knew because she majored
in the language at the University of New Mexico and has tutored him in German.
9. It was published in 1992 by Rutgers University Press . " Los Angeles Times " reviewer
Jonathan Kirsch, noting that Jezer had been Hoffman's " cohort " and " a veteran of'the
Woodstock Nation'", found the book to be " sympathetic but curiously aloof " and opined
that it did not succeed in getting " behind the mask of comedy that Hoffman invariably
presented to the world . " " New York Times " reviewer Todd Gitlin called the book " a solid
account of the life of an inventive, destructive luftmensch, and a valuable cautionary tale for
both the left and the right . " " Entertainment Weekly " said it was " a sympathetic history of
a maligned decade " that " details Hoffman's humor, manic energy, depressive spells,
political skills, and above all, his incurable and still contagious optimism " and gave the book
an " A " grade.
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12. Definition of Importune
13. to request (someone) pressingly and persistently for or to do something
14. Examples of Importune in a sentence
15. Even after I had politely declined and shut the door, I could hear the salesman
continuing to importune me to let him demonstrate the expensive vacuum
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balkanize
verb | BAW L-kuh-nyze

Definition
1: to break up (a region, a group, etc.) into smaller and often hostile units

2 : divide, compartmentalize

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Definition of Balkanization
typically as the result of or end of a war, when large land areas are broken down into
smaller states

Examples of Balkanization in a sentence

The balkanization of Yugoslavia happened after civil wars broke out on the country and
several areas broke away to form their own states. 🔊
The balkanization of the Ottoman Empire resulted in several small countries that had a
deep hate for their neighbors and inspired many wars over the years. 🔊
Balkanization of Great Britain had a positive effect in that Wales, Scotland, England, and
Ireland were each able to form their own rules and government systems instead of relying
on the monarchy. 🔊
Balkanization of large countries into several smaller nations often results in great divides,
anger, and wars between neighbors for territory. 🔊
After WWII, the balkanization of the USSR created 15 new countries, including Latvia,
Estonia, Georgia, and Kazakhstan. 🔊