See Also: McLuhanism(dictionary)

lusus (iou) and McLuhanism (iou)


lusus (iou)



lusus noun. , -suses. E17.
[Latin lusus naturae sport of Nature.]
In full lusus naturae . A freak of Nature, an abnormal formation, a natural curiosity.

McLuhanism (iou)



McLuhanism noun. M20.
[from McLuhan (see below) + -ISM.]
The social ideas of the Canadian writer H. Marshall McLuhan (1911-80), such as that the effect of the introduction of the mass media is to deaden the critical faculties of individuals.
McLuha'nesque adjective resembling or characteristic of McLuhan or his ideas M20.