niechęć do cywilizacji

English translation: aversion to/dislike of

13:08 Aug 23, 2017
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Poetry & Literature
Polish term or phrase: niechęć do cywilizacji
niechęć autora do współczesnej cywilizacji znajduje odzwierciedlenie w tematyce, którą porusza.
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Local time: 15:56
English translation:aversion to/dislike of
Explanation:
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Darius Saczuk
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Local time: 09:56
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1aversion to/dislike of
Darius Saczuk
3antipathy toward civilisation
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3Reluctance/disinclination towards
Mariusz Koch
3resentment against/towards civilization
Robert Foltyn
3loathing of civilisation
geopiet
3disdain for civilisation
Kamila Sławińska
2critical/negative attitude toward civilisation
mike23


  

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aversion to/dislike of


Explanation:
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 09:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  mike23
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critical/negative attitude toward civilisation


Explanation:
author's critical/negative attitude toward modern civilisation

mike23
Poland
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antipathy toward civilisation


Explanation:
Proposition.

. A number of 20th-century developments in Western civilisation, such as materialism, utilitarianism and secularisation; the growth of totalising ideologies such as communism, fascism, and nationalism; revolutionary and countercultural movements; and the proliferation of consumerism and a homogenised mass-culture, began to stir antipathy towards Western civilisation and arouse fears of assimilation.
http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Coscivian_civilisation
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n Bowden's view, is to hold some combination of ethical relativism on the one hand and visceral antipathy toward Western civilisation on the
http://praxeology.net/unblog11-03.htm

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an·tip·a·thy
noun
a deep-seated feeling of dislike; aversion.

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As a corollary to their preoccupation with conservation, the English continue to demonstrate a strong antipathy toward modern architecture, certainly stronger...
https://books.google.com/books?id=9CChBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA58&lpg=P...
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this essay examines Cormac McCarthy's antipathy toward modern ideology, or the ideas that when taken together enable the
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00111619.2013.783...
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movement, from its 1970s infancy to the present, has been defined by its not-so-secret antipathy toward modern capitalist society
https://newrepublic.com/article/35709/the-politics-spite

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 09:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 307
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Reluctance/disinclination towards


Explanation:
http://www.linguee.pl/angielski-polski/tłumaczenie/reluctanc...

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DCM8oKPs_4oC&pg=PA74&lpg...

Example sentence(s):
  • Leavis shows great disinclination towards mass civilization and industrial society
Mariusz Koch
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:56
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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resentment against/towards civilization


Explanation:
Jeszcze jedna (i nie ostania) możliwość.
Niechęć ma wiele odcieni. "Resentment" sugeruje niechęć ze złością, potępieniem, żalem...

There was growing resentment over the way that local decisions were being overturned by central government
Macmillan

Robert Foltyn
Poland
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loathing of civilisation


Explanation:
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geopiet
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disdain for civilisation


Explanation:
Propozycja. Może mniej wierne, ale jakoś brzmi mi naturalniej.

Kamila Sławińska
United States
Local time: 09:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Polish
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