All 3 Uses of
symposium
in
Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Getty was getting worried, so they convened a special symposium on the kouros in Greece.†
Chpt Intr. *symposium = gathering to discuss a specific subject
- Dontas was followed in the symposium by Angelos Delivorrias, director of the Benaki Museum in Athens.†
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- By the time the symposium was over, the consensus among many of the attendees appeared to be that the kouros was not at all what it was supposed to be.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(symposium) a gathering to discuss a specific subjectSymposiums typically have shared and breakout sessions in which individuals or panels of experts address audiences.
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, a symposium can denote a collection of essays.
In ancient Greece, a symposium was a drinking party that usually included entertainment and philosophical conversation.