thinness
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Two unreconcilable things are supposed to be true: Thinness is supposed to be effortless, but thinness is also a sign of moral goodness—something you should always be working for.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2024
For a very long time, the god of pleasure who had so appealed to me as a young child was replaced with a crueler god, The Pursuit of Thinness.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022
For a very long time, the god of pleasure who had so appealed to me as a young child was replaced with a crueler god, The Pursuit of Thinness.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2022
Image: Dynabook Thinness isn’t everything for most shoppers, of course.
From The Verge • Mar. 3, 2022
Thinness, again, is allied to slimness, slenderness, fineness, etc.; ideas which are involved in the conception of delicate, and furnish an easy transition to it.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various