Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

gestos efectistas

English translation:

populist/dramatic displays

Added to glossary by Ángel Domínguez
Jun 5, 2008 00:20
15 yrs ago
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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”
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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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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks to everyone for all the good options! "dramatic displays" should work..."
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sensationalistic gestures

efectista = sensationalistic, showy, ostentatious
Peer comment(s):

agree 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.
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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
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effete posturing/ gestures

effete

marked by excessive self-indulgence..."effete self-professed intellectuals"

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/effete
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