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magritte

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for magritte.

Editorial note

Magritte is another such case, with a litigious Magritte Foundation.

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Quick take

a crater on Mercury, near the south pole.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of magritte gathered in one view.

N

a crater on Mercury, near the south pole.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for magritte.

N

a crater on Mercury, near the south pole.

Example sentences

1

Magritte is another such case, with a litigious Magritte Foundation.

2

Oh no, I miscommunicated my Wittgenstein joke so badly it’s being interpreted as a Rene Magritte joke!

3

Kind of interesting how Magritte was such a contrast as a well mannered gentleman who just happened to confront reality with his works.

4

Look at systems like Magritte (or my Perl variant, Ernst), for example.

5

I get the reference, but it kind of misses the point of what Magritte was trying to say with that painting.

6

I think René Magritte might have been on to you back in 1929.

7

The Treachery of Images, as Magritte called it.

8

I picked up Seaside and Magritte recently to build a demo.

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I believe Rene Magritte used to leave home in the morning, having kissed his wife goodbye, would walk around the block a few times, then return home to work.

10

You wouldn't date a fat, ugly, dull girl if you knew with even the most trivial effort you could date an attractive girl who's great at conversation and loves to discuss René Magritte and Douglas Hofstadter, would you?

Quote examples

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As René Magritte might have put it, "Ce n'est pas le logiciel".

2

René Magritte’s iconic pipe, inscribed with “This is not a pipe,” exemplifies the treachery invoked in the title: a perpetual disjuncture between signifier and signified.

3

Magritte replaced people on "the balcony" with coffins in 1950.

4

This is similar to how a map simplifies a territory or an image represents, but is not, the actual object (like in Magritte's famous painting "The Treachery of Images").

Proper noun examples

1

There is no crowbar in Half-Life, nor a pipe in Magritte's painting, just imitations an illusions.

2

Just like my favorite artist, Rene Magritte, painting in his kitchen in a suit.

3

So, to paraphrase you and Magritte: This is not a footprint.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use magritte in a sentence?

Magritte is another such case, with a litigious Magritte Foundation.

What does magritte mean?

a crater on Mercury, near the south pole.

What part of speech is magritte?

magritte is commonly used as N.