Timeline for Is "act like a mensch" too localized for ELU readers (U.S. and/or British English)?
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| Aug 4, 2019 at 20:12 | comment | added | Noldorin | There's also Übermensch of course, which has positive connotations from Nietzsche. I would think of both terms. (Actually, the Nazis got their word Untermensch inspired by Nietzsche's term – an opposite.) | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 8:24 | comment | added | Kickstart | @aparente001 - I too know it through history (secondary school 20th century history), with its usage there also making me slightly uncomfortable | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 4:07 | comment | added | aparente001 | Your association is interesting. May I ask, how did you come to know the word Untermensch? From the historical reference, or something more recent? Have you come across it in your reading, or in conversation? What sort of person uses it, and what are they trying to convey? (I'm asking because it's a word that makes me uncomfortable, only knowing it in the historical usage, and I'm wondering if I need to desensitize.) | |
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| Sep 7, 2015 at 10:27 | history | answered | Kickstart | CC BY-SA 3.0 |