Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
gestos efectistas
English translation:
populist/dramatic displays
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Ángel Domínguez
Jun 5, 2008 00:20
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Spanish term
gestos efectistas
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Lenin
This is from Lenin's book, Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder. I have access to the book on Questia but cannot find any of the material that is quoted in my Spanish text.
Hay que desenmascarar los errores de éstos que se llaman a sí mismos ‘izquierdistas’. Buscan ocultar sus verdaderas posiciones con diversas explicaciones, que a veces incluso pretenden ‘científicas’, y con fraseologías tomadas de verdaderos luchadores de izquierda. Son aficionados a los gestos efectistas y, con una actitud puramente palabrera, repiten como urracas (pericos)
palabras aprendidas de memoria, pero sin comprenderlas”
Hay que desenmascarar los errores de éstos que se llaman a sí mismos ‘izquierdistas’. Buscan ocultar sus verdaderas posiciones con diversas explicaciones, que a veces incluso pretenden ‘científicas’, y con fraseologías tomadas de verdaderos luchadores de izquierda. Son aficionados a los gestos efectistas y, con una actitud puramente palabrera, repiten como urracas (pericos)
palabras aprendidas de memoria, pero sin comprenderlas”
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Jun 8, 2008 09:45: Ángel Domínguez Created KOG entry
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populist/dramatic displays
Una tercera opción, para aportar algo más por si te sirve.
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Comment: "Thanks to everyone for all the good options! "dramatic displays" should work..."
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sensationalistic gestures
efectista = sensationalistic, showy, ostentatious
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Reed James
: I've always heard "sensationalist", never "sensationalistic. (Yes, I know that sensationalistic is in the dictionary.)
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Thanks Reed, & it's cause I come from a former U.S. colony. ;)
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emotional appeals
Results 1 - 10 of about 131,000 for "emotional appeals".
If I think of anything better, I'll let you know.
If I think of anything better, I'll let you know.
34 mins
sensationalist tactics / propaganda
This site has an example of both "sensationalist tactics" and "propaganda." They are almost synonymous.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071121...
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Note added at 49 mins (2008-06-05 01:10:00 GMT)
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"McCarthy's indiscriminate attacks gave rise to the term “McCarthyism,” which denotes similar assaults characterized by >> sensationalist tactics << and unsubstantiated accusations.
http://www.answers.com/topic/joseph-mccarthy
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071121...
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Note added at 49 mins (2008-06-05 01:10:00 GMT)
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"McCarthy's indiscriminate attacks gave rise to the term “McCarthyism,” which denotes similar assaults characterized by >> sensationalist tactics << and unsubstantiated accusations.
http://www.answers.com/topic/joseph-mccarthy
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effete posturing/ gestures
effete
marked by excessive self-indulgence..."effete self-professed intellectuals"
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/effete
marked by excessive self-indulgence..."effete self-professed intellectuals"
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/effete
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