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| - | [[Image:Index Librorum Prohibitorum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The '''''Index Librorum Prohibitorum''''' ("[[banned books|List of Prohibited Books]]") is a list of publications which the [[Catholic|Catholic Church]] [[censorship|censored]] for being a [[danger]] to itself and the faith of its members. The various [[edition]]s also contain the rules of the [[Church]] relating to the reading, selling and censorship of books. The aim of the list was to prevent the reading of [[morality|immoral]] books or works containing [[theology|theological]] errors and to prevent the [[corruption]] of the faithful.]] | ||
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| This page ''{{PAGENAME}}'' is part of the [[publication bias list of the Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia]], presented by [[Alfred Jarry]].]] | This page ''{{PAGENAME}}'' is part of the [[publication bias list of the Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia]], presented by [[Alfred Jarry]].]] | ||
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| + | "I dare say […] that [[Byron]] and [[Marquis de Sade|de Sade]] […] have been perhaps the two greatest [[artistic inspiration|inspirations]] of our moderns, one openly and visibly, the other [[clandestine]] - though not too clandestine."--Sainte-Beuve, 1843, tr. Geerinck | ||
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| + | [[Image:Index Librorum Prohibitorum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The ''[[Index Librorum Prohibitorum]]'']] | ||
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| - | :''[[censorship]], [[hidden]], [[illegal]], [[illicit]], [[secret]]'' | ||
| '''Clandestine''' is an [[adjective]] meaning that its reference is something [[secrecy|secret]] or [[guerrilla]] in nature, such as certain activities executed by [[spy|spies]]. | '''Clandestine''' is an [[adjective]] meaning that its reference is something [[secrecy|secret]] or [[guerrilla]] in nature, such as certain activities executed by [[spy|spies]]. | ||
| - | In 1843 famed critic [[Sainte-Beuve]] wrote that [[Byron]] and [[Sade]] "are perhaps the two greatest inspirations of our [[History of modern literature|modern]]s, the first [[mainstream|openly and visibly]], the second [[clandestine]]ly, but not very ''[[Byron and Sade are perhaps the two greatest inspirations of our moderns|more...]]''. | + | ==Etymology== |
| + | From Latin clandestinus. | ||
| + | From an earlier adverb *clam-de (“secretly”) (from clam and -de, also seen in unde, etc.), to which the suffix -stīnus was added. | ||
| ==Synonyms== | ==Synonyms== | ||
| * (''done in secret''): [[covert]], [[furtive]], [[hush-hush]], [[secret]], [[secretive]], [[undercover]] | * (''done in secret''): [[covert]], [[furtive]], [[hush-hush]], [[secret]], [[secretive]], [[undercover]] | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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| + | :''[[censorship]], [[hidden]], [[illegal]], [[illicit]], [[secret]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Clandestine operation]] | ||
| *[[Clandestine publishing]] | *[[Clandestine publishing]] | ||
| [[Category:Non-mainstream]] | [[Category:Non-mainstream]] | ||
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Clandestine is an adjective meaning that its reference is something secret or guerrilla in nature, such as certain activities executed by spies.
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Etymology
From Latin clandestinus. From an earlier adverb *clam-de (“secretly”) (from clam and -de, also seen in unde, etc.), to which the suffix -stīnus was added.
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See also
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