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intra-ordinary en · ADJ

Etymology

From intra- + ordinary.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of intraordinary.
   alt of intraordinary
   • Do we not have to accept two kinds of event i.e. intra-ordinary events, which take place on the ground of a given order, and extra-ordinary events, which leave this ground behind and change it? Or in other words, do we not have to presuppose that there are conformable and normal events on the one hand, and deviating and anomalous events on the other hand? 2007, Bernhard Waldenfels, “Lecture III: The Power of Events”, in The Question of the Other: The Tang Chun-I Lecture for 2004, Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, →ISBN, page 40:
   • These, while making no concessions to fair play or diplomatic stances, brought together a form of a benevolently critical lack of knowledge (i.e., ours); a form of extra- and intra-ordinary knowledge (i.e., that of Fei Dawei, an art historian, French since 2000; Fei in Mandarin means "not" or, in certain contexts, "against"); and a form of "absolute" acknowledgement (i.e., by the museum establishment). 2004, Laura Maggioni, editor, The Monk and the Demon: Contemporary Chinese Art, Lyon: Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon; Milan: 5 Continents, →ISBN, page 8:
   • [...] I am simply referring to what [Emmanuel Chukwudi] Eze calls the ordinary sense of reason. If we lack an intra-ordinary exercise of reason, and intra-reliance on that reason, then we are ultimately going to be found wanting in our interpretation of that world. 2019, Bernard Matolino, “Structure of Modern Afro-Communitarianism”, in Afro-Communitarian Democracy, Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 137:
   • "It is a place outside of place," Eunida answered. "Extra-ordinary as opposed to intra-ordinary." 2006, Jo Treggiari, “Weak Tea and Stewed Chitterlings”, in The Curious Misadventures of Feltus Ovalton, Montreal, Que.: Lobster Press, →ISBN, page 126:

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