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Aphorist

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aph·o·rism  (f-rzm)
n.
1. A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage. See Synonyms at saying.
2. A brief statement of a principle.
[French aphorisme, from Old French, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos, from aphorizein, to delimit, define : apo-, apo- + horizein, to delimit, define; see horizon.]
apho·rist n.
apho·ristic (-rstk) adj.
apho·risti·cal·ly adv.
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Noun1.aphorist - someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms
intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively
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Like Walter Benjamin, she was entranced by multiplicity; and, like him, she was an aphorist at heart, honing pluralities down to terse sentences not without Jamesian evasions and excesses.
Reflections: Susan Sontag 1933-2004 by Artforum International
Chesterton And Evil by Mark Knight (Lecturer in the School of English and Modern Languages at the Roehampton University of Surrey, England) provides contemporary readers with an informed and informative analysis of the writings of poet, journalist, critic, biographer, novelist, aphorist, Gilbert Keith Chesterton with an especial focus upon Chesterton's attitudes with the problem of evil in contemporary society.
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Still, Muggeridge certainly lacked Chesterton's capacity for the memorable phrase (Auden called GKC the greatest aphorist of the century).
Malcolm Muggeridge: A Biography by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
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