Crossword-Solution: PLACEBO
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Placebo | n. | The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. |
| Placebo | n. | A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PLACEBO (5)
Beware therefore with lordes how ye play,* *use freedom Sing placebo; and I shall if I can, *But if* it be unto a poore man: *unless To a poor man men should his vices tell, But not t’ a lord, though he should go to hell.
Placebo said; “O January, brother, Full little need have ye, my lord so dear, Counsel to ask of any that is here: But that ye be so full of sapience, That you not liketh, for your high prudence, To waive* from the word of Solomon.
Meanwhile he applies expectant treatment as it is called in medical parlance, that is, he gives a purgative or a placebo, something or other to placate, or to make the patient and his friends believe that something is being done.
This rather meaningless placebo has a surprisingly tranquillizing effect on restless youth and nationalistic zealots.
Oldbuck, on account of his late long absence from Knockwinnock, where his visits give so much pleasure." With this placebo she concluded her note, with which old Caxon, now refreshed in limbs and wind, set out on his return to the Antiquary's mansion.
Quotes with PLACEBO (3)
Although I'm an atheist, I try not to crap all over people's belief in God. It may be nothing more than a placebo, a fairy tale that gives the hopeless hope, but sometimes a little hope is all people need to get through the day. Imagine a unit of soldiers under heavy enemy fire. They are told by their superiors to hold their position, even in the face of overwhelming fire power. The soldiers are being told that reinforcements are on the way, and that thought alone gives them …
What early Christianity meant by 'faith' (pistis) was initially nothing other than running ahead and clinging to a model or idea whose attainability was still uncertain. Faith is purely anticipatory, in the sense that it already has an effect when it mobilizes the existence of the anticipatory towards the goal through anticipation. In analogy for the placebo effect, one would have to call this the movebo effect.
The 330 million gods and goddesses of the Hindu culture act as placebo for the masses, just like other gods of other cultures do.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 60 times in crossword archives (1955–2023).