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Mencken
[ meng-kuhn ]
noun
- H(enry) L(ouis), 1880–1956, U.S. writer, editor, and critic.
Mencken
/ ˈɛŋə /
noun
- MenckenH(enry) L(ouis)18801956MUSWRITING: journalistWRITING: literary critic H ( enry ) L ( ouis ). 1880–1956, US journalist and literary critic, noted for The American Language (1919): editor of the Smart Set and the American Mercury, which he founded (1924)
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ѱԳ··Ծ· [meng-, kee, -nee-, uh, n], adjective noun
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In 1956, shortly before his death, Mencken went even further; “American journalism is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.”
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Mencken, slipped supinely into the estate and dignity of a golf player.
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Mencken once said, “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
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Mencken, who was a dab hand at writing with great verve about how much he hated just about everything.
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Mencken once wrote, victims of their own mysticism.
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