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Sequacity

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:25 pm
by Dr. Goodword

• sequacity •

Pronunciation: si-kwæ-sê-ti • Hear it!

Part of Speech: Noun, mass (no plural)

Meaning: Followership, a disposition to slavishly follow, incapable of independent or original of thought, intellectually servile.

Notes: In case you ever wondered what the opposite of leadership is, today's Good Word is what it's called. Anyone who slavishly follows the crowd is a candidate for this epithet. This word comes with the accompanying adjective sequacious which, of course, is the source of the adverb sequaciously.

In Play: This Good Word sounds so much like sagacity, people might mistake it for that word. "What the good senator lacks in leadership, he more than makes up for in sequacity." You may substitute any position that requires leadership for senator. Sequacious people are known for their conformism: "Ben Dover is known less for his contributions to the company than for his conformism and sequacity."

Word History: Today's Good Word is taken from the Latin adjective sequax (sequac-s), sequacitas "following, seeking after, pursuing, sequacious", derived from the verb sequi "to follow". We find this sequence of letters in many English words: sequel, non sequitur, segue, subsequent—all with some sense of "following". It comes from an old Proto-Indo-European root sekw- "to follow", which went on to become Sanskrit sacate "accompanies, follows", Lithuanian sekti "to follow", Latvian sekot "to follow", Old Irish sechim "I follow", and Latin secundus "second, the following".

Re: Sequacity

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:59 pm
by LukeJavan8
"Bush did it".

Re: Sequacity

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:02 pm
by Slava
"Bush did it".
:?:

Re: Sequacity

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:37 pm
by LukeJavan8
Followership, a disposition to slavishly follow, incapable of independent or original of thought, intellectually servile.

Re: Sequacity

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 3:01 am
by Philip Hudson
Quite astute of you Luke.

Re: Sequacity

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 1:48 pm
by Perry Lassiter
AKA political correctness, Luke. Note there are several forms in addition to the most commonly recognized. Republicans, Libertarians, Evangelicals, most any group have their traditional shibboleths that cannot escape close examination unscathed!

Re: Sequacity

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 4:53 pm
by Philip Hudson
Perry: I can pronounce all the Baptist shibboleths. Surely you can too, with a clear conscience. :)

Re: Sequacity

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:02 pm
by Perry Lassiter
Yeah, but not as re-defined in 2000.

Re: Sequacity

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 12:59 pm
by LukeJavan8
AKA political correctness, Luke. Note there are several forms in addition to the most commonly recognized. Republicans, Libertarians, Evangelicals, most any group have their traditional shibboleths that cannot escape close examination unscathed!

true. But I despise political correctness and never
use it. call a spade a spade. no Maypole dancing.