˜yÐÄvlog

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genuflection

[ jen-yoo-flek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of genuflection1

First recorded in 1520–30, genuflection is from the Medieval Latin word ²µ±ð²ÔÅ«´Ú±ô±ð³æ¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ²µ±ð²ÔÅ«´Ú±ô±ð³æ¾±Å ). See genuflect, -ion
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The pessimists fear he might abandon even the hollow genuflection that the US still makes to the idea of a creating an independent Palestine alongside Israel – the so-called two state solution.

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Or is something else happening; is the press manifesting an unadmitted genuflection to raw power, exercised arbitrarily, out of calculated self-preservation?

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At earlier hearings, university presidents opted for strategies of conciliatory genuflection or drab, lawyerly answers.

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“It’s only a movie, and … a much less impressive one than all the accompanying genuflection would have you believe.â€

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Still, they’ve all grown too used to each other to engage in much genuflection: When you treat an awards campaign like a full-time job, the other contenders might as well be your co-workers.

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