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Korzybski

[ kawr-zip-skee, -zhip-; Polish kaw-zhip-skee ]

noun

  1. Al·fred (Hab·dank Skar·bek) [al, -fred , hab, -dangk , skahr, -bek, hahp, -dahngk , skahr, -bek], 1879–1950, U.S. writer on general semantics, born in Poland.


Korzybski

/ ɔːˈɪɪ /

noun

  1. KorzybskiAlfred (Habdank Skarbek)18791950MUSPolishLANGUAGE: semanticist Alfred ( Habdank Skarbek ). 1879–1950, US originator of the theory and study of general semantics, born in Poland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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I know a little about Korzybski and how he wanted everybody to make what he called a cortico-thalamic pause whenever they get scared as hell.

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It's really a semantic reaction test; Korzybski would have loved it.

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He went back to the first century Pre-Atomic, and Pavlov and Korzybski and Freud.

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You know," he said, "for a disciple of Korzybski, you came pretty close to confusing orders of abstraction, a couple of times, back there.

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The novel was inspired by a work of Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity.

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