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Definition of Catchphrases
1. catchphrase [n] - See also: catchphrase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catchphrases
Literary usage of Catchphrases
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Making Markets: Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Post by Shafiqul Islam, Michael Mandelbaum (1993)
"... with three catchphrases: shock therapy, big bang, and gradualism. Most, however,
do not define them precisely, and the consequences are what one would ..."
2. How We Think by John Dewey (1910)
"Genuine ignorance is more profitable because likely to be accompanied by humility,
curiosity, and open-mindedness; while ability to repeat catchphrases, ..."
3. Same Bed, Different Dreams: America and Japan-societies in Transition by Alan D. Romberg, Tadashi Yamamoto (1990)
"The driving force with which they pursued these goals may be captured in such
catchphrases as “Consumption is beautiful” and “The bigger, the better. ..."
4. Life of Charles Reemelin: In German: Carl Gustav Rümelin, from 1814-1892 by Charles Reemelin (1892)
"Their entire conduct rested on deceiving by catchphrases. CHAPTER CX. OFFICE SEEKING
DOURLY ASSURED, Most people had seen the evils of making party eeal the ..."
5. Modern Advertising by Earnest Elmo Calkins, Ralph Holden (1905)
"This does not mean the ability to write smart catchphrases or to play upon words,
although it frequently happens that a catchphrase will lead the reader ..."
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