resistentialism
Definitions
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- noun The theory that certain inanimate objects hate humans.
Examples
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As a devout believer in resistentialism, I can empathize with this man trying to do his job in the middle of a silent and hostile army of objects intent on hurting him at every opportunity.
Mark Frauenfelder, 'Barrier pole exhibits hostile behavior,' Boing Boing, May 23, 2008
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Resistentialism was coined by the British humorist Paul Jennings in a brilliant send-up of Jean-Paul Sartre and the philosophy of existentialism published in The Spectator in April 1948.
Charles Harrington Elster, 'Resistentialism,' The New York Times, September 21, 2003
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They also offered 'resistentialism', in which inanimate objects like teaspoons have an aversion to humans. On the other hand, they suggested, people might simply be taking them.
'Scientists cause a stir over vanishing teaspoons,' The Scotsman, December 23, 2005
Note
This word is a blend of 'resist' and 'existentialism.'
