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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin eo ipso, ablative form of id ipsum (“that (thing) itself”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
eo ipso (not comparable)
- Through or by that very act or quality; thereby.
- Coordinate term: ipso facto
1998, Slavoj Žižek, chapter 1, in Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture:When we demand an object from somebody, its “use value” (the fact that it serves to satisfy some of our needs) eo ipso becomes a form of expression of its “exchange value”; the object in question functions as an index of a network of intersubjective relations.
2000, Anthony G. Wilhelm, Democracy in the Digital Age: Challenges to Political Life in Cyberspace, Routledge, →ISBN, page 20:For example, Jim Ruben's remarks are illustrative of neofuturist thinking in which technologies eo ipso impact favorably the political process: “democracy itself . . . is due for a retooling to function in a different world” (1983, 59).
Translations
Through or by that very act or quality; thereby
See also
References
- ^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007)
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin eō ipsō.
Pronunciation
Particle
eo ipso
- (idiomatic, literary) eo ipso (through or by that very act or quality; thereby)
- Synonyms: a więc, czyli, inaczej, inaczej mówiąc, innymi słowy, jednym słowem, krótko mówiąc, mianowicie, przeto, słowem, tedy, to jest, toteż, to znaczy, tym samym, więc, w takim razie, w takim układzie, zatem, znaczy, znaczy się
Further reading
- eo ipso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- eo ipso in Polish dictionaries at PWN