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Heteroclite

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Het´er`o`clite
a.1.Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
n.1.(Gram.) A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.
2.Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms.
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More than a critical discursivity, Hajamadi produces a sweet and enveloping "heterotopia," that is, a space of language in which heteroclite (indeed violently dissimilar) elements of nature begin to make meaning together.
Fariba Hajamadi by Zahm, Olivier / Artforum International
Weems defines herself as an image-maker, and her expansive and heteroclite vocabulary, which encompasses verbal systems, photographs, and mass-produced objects, can be seen as a strategic attempt to transform the representation of African-Americans, reconfiguring the experience of race.
Went looking for Africa: Carrie Mae Weems by Linker, Kate / Artforum International
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