{"id":4790,"date":"2019-10-23T13:42:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/?p=4790"},"modified":"2019-10-23T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T08:12:59","slug":"thats-the-word-for-it-luftmensch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/23\/thats-the-word-for-it-luftmensch\/","title":{"rendered":"That’s the Word for It: Luftmensch"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You must have met dreamers with their heads in the clouds and who face trouble with the practical nitty-gritty of living. The Yiddish language has a word for such a person- luftmensch, where luft connotes air and mensch means human being.<\/p>\n

Found a quote featuring this word:<\/p>\n

\u201cLuftmensch<\/strong><\/em>\u2014the impractical individual whose imagination has lifted him beyond the world.\u201d
\n\u2015\u00a0Stephen Eric Bronner,\u00a0<\/span>Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You must have met dreamers with their heads in the clouds and who face trouble with the practical nitty-gritty of living. The Yiddish language has a word for such a person- luftmensch, where luft connotes air and mensch means human being. Found a quote featuring this word: \u201cLuftmensch\u2014the impractical individual whose imagination has lifted him … Continue reading “That’s the Word for It: Luftmensch”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[251],"tags":[352,351,350],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7vAZr-1fg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4886,"url":"https:\/\/pothi.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/13\/thats-the-word-for-it-apricity\/","url_meta":{"origin":4790,"position":0},"title":"That's the Word for It: Apricity","date":"February 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Apricity is a word that the Pothi.com team stumbled upon on Twitter. 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