CONSEQUENCE in THE FOUNTAINHEAD

2 meanings, 14 uses

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1 —9 uses as in:
a direct consequence of

Definition

a result of something (often an undesired side effect)

It leads to consequences which, once started, cannot be controlled.
2.2 — Part 2 Chapter 2 (34% in)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

"What consequences?" she asked, leaning forward.
2.2 — Part 2 Chapter 2 (34% in)
The most important consequence of Sermons in Stone was Toohey's contract to write a daily column for Gail Wynand's New York Banner.
2.9 — Part 2 Chapter 9 (76% in)
It's all about a gallstone that thinks that it's an independent entity, a sort of a rugged individualist of the gall bladder, if you see what I mean, and then the man takes a big dose of castor oil—there's a graphic description of the consequences—I'm not sure it's correct medically, but anyway that's the end of the Gallant Gallstone.
3.1 — Part 3 Chapter 1 (14% in)
He almost wished Wynand would try to corrupt him, no matter what the consequences.
3.1 — Part 3 Chapter 1 (90% in)
He succumbed to the superstition of beauty and ornament, even though the ornament was of his own devising, and, consequently, inferior to that of established historical forms.
3.6 — Part 3 Chapter 6 (76% in)
Before I name them, I'd like to point out some of the consequences, should you refuse.
4.3 — Part 4 Chapter 3 (65% in)
But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary consequences.
4.8 — Part 4 Chapter 8 (47% in)
In the person of Howard Roark, we must crush the forces of selfishness and antisocial individualism—the curse of our modern world—here shown to us in ultimate consequences.
4.15 — Part 4 Chapter 15 (1% in)

There are no more uses of "consequence" flagged with this meaning in The Fountainhead.

Typical Usage (best examples)

2 —3 uses as in:
of little consequence

Definition

importance or relevance

Thus he reached the age of fifty-one, and a day when nothing of consequence happened to him, yet the evening found him without desire to take a step farther.
3.1 — Part 3 Chapter 1 (91% in)

Other Uses (with this meaning)

He dismissed modern architecture, stating that: "So far, it has represented nothing but the whim of isolated individuals, has borne no relation to any great, spontaneous mass movement, and as such is of no consequence."
1.6 — Part 1 Chapter 6 (15% in)
But this—this amused tolerance seemed to admit that romance was only human, one had to take it, like everybody else, it was a popular weakness of no great consequence—she was gratified as she would have been gratified by the same words from any other man—it was like that red-enamel Mexican on her lapel, a contemptuous concession to people's demand of vanity.
4.10 — Part 4 Chapter 10 (83% in)

There are no more uses of "consequence" flagged with this meaning in The Fountainhead.

Typical Usage (best examples)

? —2 uses
exact meaning not specified

The exquisite kindliness of her manner suggested that their relationship was of no possible consequence, that she could not pay him the tribute of hostility.
1.12 — Part 1 Chapter 12 (47% in)

There are no more uses of "consequence" in The Fountainhead.

Typical Usage (best examples)

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