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quixotic adjective chimerical, dreamy, fanciful, illusory, impracticable, impractical, mad, notional, quixotical, romantic, unrealistic, utopian, visionary How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| We include it solely because Harry Dean Stanton plays an angel, so the film somewhat quixotically encourages children to befriend craggy old men in trench coats who offer to show them the ``North Pole. Even if the future role of the Glofish in American culture is quixotically contingent, one thing is certain: as with most novel and controversial items, like Eduardo Kac's bio-art, there will be the initial surge in popularity, fueled by both opposing and supporting forces, then a gradual waning of interest as the novelty wears off. Crucially, though, both far Left and far Right are minority movements fighting a rearguard and futile battle (not unlike the Luddites who were quixotically battling industrialization). |
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