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brazen
bra·zen ('brA-z&n),
adj.
1.
shameless or impudent:
brazen presumption.
2.
made of brass.
3.
like brass, as in sound, color, or
strength.
–v.t.
4.
to make brazen or bold.
5. brazen out
or through, to face boldly or
shamelessly: He prefers to
brazen it out rather than admit defeat.
[bef. 1000; ME brasen (adj.), OE
bræsen of
BRASS]
—bra' zen·ly,
adv.
—bra 'zen·ness,
n.
—Syn.1, 3. brassy. 1. insolent,
defiant. See bold. (Random
House Webster's, Unabridged).
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This brazen alignment with Washington disturbed and astonished Indian
public opinion. New Delhi was so preoccupied with its self-serving stand on
Kashmir that it offered to join forces with Washington without demanding the
multilateral approach it is traditionally known for.
——
Dispatches, The Nation, Sep 27, 2001
Our bodies are merely "lumbering robots," or "survival machines" for genes. His
infamous book The Selfish Gene (1976) abounds in brazen
antihumanist provocations: "I am treating a mother as a machine programmed to do
everything in its power to propagate copies of the genes...——
The Evolution of Darwinism; Sep 2002
Palestinian director
Elia Suleiman has made a film at once
baleful and brazen
about life in Nazareth and on the Jerusalem/Ramallah border: a
deadpan comedy of stagnation.
——
Divine Intervention; Daring Jaunt into a
Troubled Landscape;
Tim Robey for the
Telegraph; Jan 17, 2003
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