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German
Etymology
18th century calque of Latin respectus. Equivalent to rück- + Sicht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁʏkzɪçt/
- Hyphenation: Rück‧sicht
Noun
Rücksicht f (genitive Rücksicht, plural Rücksichten)
- consideration (the tendency to consider others)
- auf etwas Rücksicht nehmen. ― to show consideration for.
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 260:
Der Individualismus will umgekehrt den ungekürzten Lebensraum des Individuums zum Maß der gesellschaftlichen Daseinsform machen, ohne Rücksicht auf Gleichheit und Gesamtnutzen.- The individualism, in the opposite, wants to make the unshortened living space of the individual the measure of the social form of being, without consideration for equality or total utility.
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