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homunculus

[huh-muhng-kyuh-luhs, hoh-] / həˈmʌŋ kjə ləs, hoʊ- /




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If that were the case, it implied that maybe, just maybe, the classic “little man” figure of the homunculus needed to be redrawn.

From Scientific American Apr. 21, 2023

I filed the broken homunculus discovery in the “does not compute” folder of my brain and tried to work on other projects.

From Scientific American Apr. 21, 2023

As a student and later as a practitioner in the field, I had accepted the homunculus as unquestioned fact.

From Scientific American Apr. 21, 2023

In his book Penfield highlighted that the homunculus was mainly a model for teaching medical students; that it must not be overinterpreted.

From Scientific American Apr. 21, 2023

And they think that this person is their special human mind, which is called a homunculus, which means a little man.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon

The myth of artificial life, from homunculi and cyborgs to robots and androids, is the focus of an exhibition about the Golem at the Jewish Museum Berlin.

From US News Sep. 22, 2016

We had been eager to interview Ms. Holmes about small men — the homunculi who infest her character’s house in the movie.

From New York Times Aug. 13, 2011

Away from hunky homunculi territory, the video reminds us of the return of Hugo Weaving's Elrond and Cate Blanchett's Galadriel, and delivers an interesting nugget about another vital returnee from The Lord of the Rings.

From The Guardian Jul. 21, 2011

Another Irishman, James Nesbitt, was tipped to play Bofur the dwarf, one of the 12 bearded homunculi who arrive at Baggins's hobbit hole with Gandalf in JRR Tolkien's classic fantasy tale.

From The Guardian Oct. 18, 2010

He had explained at length to somebody that magical receipts existed for the manufacture of homunculi.

From The Magician by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham




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