Gadarene
- noun
- /ˈɡædəˌrin/
- Literature
- The Gadarene nature of the decision shocked everyone, as he plowed ahead without considering the risks.
- Gadarene swine
Examples
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Is the University of Western Sydney going to become part of the Gadarene swine?
Blog text (14) -
You wait - you loyal, lying grandsons of Gadarene swine!
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Like Legion, who inhabited the Gadarene demoniac, they would refuse.
Academic text (2002) -
The Gadarene Swine, the Simon Magus, the apocrypha.
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In a Gadarene rush, the crowd fled the scene of the disaster without thinking of their safety.
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She acted like a Gadarene, diving into the project without any preparation or planning.
Synonyms
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A person who acts in a wild or reckless way
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A person who does things quickly without thinking
A person who does things quickly, often without being careful
A person who likes adventure and often takes big risks
A person or animal that runs forward quickly with others in a panic
Acting in risky ways to get quick advantage, often in politics or war
Antonyms
How Reckless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Gadarene = Gadara (opaque) = Gadara + ene
The nominal sense 'a person acting in a headlong or frenzied manner' is a figurative extension from cultural/biblical usage and is not inferable from the place-name base.
Etymology
Gadarene as a noun comes from the same Bible story of the pigs at Gadara and means a person who rushes into danger without thinking. So a Gadarene is someone who acts in a wild, reckless way.