aphoristic

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Her aphoristic distillation of capitalism, racism, misogyny and other cultural blights defines a certain kind of progressive thinking that is common in large tracts of the arts world.

From Washington Post

His grandmother became the guiding force of his childhood, telling aphoristic stories, instilling manners and morals and always encouraging education.

From Washington Post

She describes, with typical aphoristic grace, being in that champagne-colored Impala on a long drive, alone, in the late 1990s.

From New York Times

It appears to be an aphoristic stone nicely polished by being handled by a lot of people.

From Salon

Schopenhauer’s reputation as the bard of pessimism makes him the perfect philosopher for the Covid era, Thacker argues in his foreword to these aphoristic late essays.

From New York Times