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In natural English speech, "anodyne" appears in contexts such as: "I’m weighing what people are going to read in certain ways as irony, as offensive, as anodyne, as prurient, as “honest” right. And first of all there’s the, there’s just the fact that all of these ideals are normative within generations, you know, and change, right.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˈæn.ə.daɪn/

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I’m weighing what people are going to read in certain ways as irony, as offensive, as

anodyne, as prurient, as “honest” right.

And first of all there’s the, there’s just the fact that all of these ideals are normative within generations, you know, and change, right.

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adjective

Capable of soothing or eliminating pain.

“Many a time has the vapor of ether been inhaled for the relief of oppressed lungs; many a time has the sought relief been thus obtained; and just so many times has the discovery of the wonderful anodyne properties of this gas, as affecting all bodily suffering, been brushed past and overlooked.”

Synonyms:analgesic antalgesic antipain pain-relieving

adjective

Soothing or relaxing.

“Classical music is rather anodyne.”

noun

Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain.

noun

A source of relaxation or comfort.

“Nor do I mean to say that Virtue is not Virtue because it is never tempted to go astray; only that dulness is a much finer gift than we give it credit for being; and that some people are very lucky whom Nature has endowed with a good store of that great anodyne.”

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