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Word: cultism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Nonobjective painting is a kind of cultism. It's one of those precious, pansy arts above the public comprehension. Every decadent society has produced these esoteric art forms which give the snobs a chance to demonstrate their superiority. The sooner Mr. Rockefeller tears down that Museum of Modern Art of his with all its nonobjective paintings, the better off American art will be. The only ones who hang around that museum are a bunch of softies who don't know how to drink or do anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Bunch of Softies | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...physiotherapy means anything to the layman, it is apt to mean quackery and cultism-high colonic irrigations, spine juggling, nudist colonies. Actually, physiotherapy is an ancient and honorable art which uses such natural methods as heat, massage and exercise to invigorate the body, relieve pain. Though most of its practitioners are laymen, physiotherapy is a special pet of the American Medical Association. Last week, for the umpteenth time, the Journal of the A. M. A. begged doctors to wrest this lucrative and valuable specialty from the hands of the quacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Physiotherapy | 7/8/1940 | See Source »

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