Acquired
A subject with an acquired social consciousness derives his or her viewpoint from the mainstream culture.
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Famous quotes containing the word acquired:
“Lloyd: That bitter cynicism of yours is something you’ve acquired since you left Radcliffe.
Karen: That cynicism you refer to I acquired the day I discovered I was different from little boys.”
—Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)
“It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose.”
—Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
“I think I have done well, if I have acquired a new word from a good author; and my business with him is to find my own, though it were only to melt him down into an epithet or an image for daily use.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)