Armchair
noun
A comfortable chair with sides that support your arms.
He sat comfortably in his armchair reading a book.
Often appears as...
- sit in an armchair
- armchair by the fireplace
adjective
Used to describe actions or opinions given by people who are not actively involved but give advice.
She has a lot of armchair theories about child rearing, but she has never actually had any kids of her own.
Often appears as...
- armchair critic
- armchair adventurer
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Disapproving
noun
A comfortable chair with sides that support your arms.
He sat comfortably in his armchair reading a book.
Often appears as...
- sit in an armchair
- armchair by the fireplace
adjective
Used to describe actions or opinions given by people who are not actively involved but give advice.
She has a lot of armchair theories about child rearing, but she has never actually had any kids of her own.
Often appears as...
- armchair critic
- armchair adventurer
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Comfort
Emphasizes relaxation, often found in cozy home settings.
She curled up in the armchair with her favorite blanket.
Pro Tip 2/3Home Staple
A common piece of furniture in living rooms, signifies home comfort.
Their living room had two armchairs facing the television.
Pro Tip 3/3Reading Nook
Often associated with quiet activities, like reading or knitting.
Grandpa's armchair became his reading nook after he retired.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Comfort
Emphasizes relaxation, often found in cozy home settings.
She curled up in the armchair with her favorite blanket.
Pro Tip 2/3Home Staple
A common piece of furniture in living rooms, signifies home comfort.
Their living room had two armchairs facing the television.
Pro Tip 3/3Reading Nook
Often associated with quiet activities, like reading or knitting.
Grandpa's armchair became his reading nook after he retired.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Comfort
Emphasizes relaxation, often found in cozy home settings.
She curled up in the armchair with her favorite blanket.
Pro Tip 2/3Home Staple
A common piece of furniture in living rooms, signifies home comfort.
Their living room had two armchairs facing the television.
Pro Tip 3/3Reading Nook
Often associated with quiet activities, like reading or knitting.
Grandpa's armchair became his reading nook after he retired.
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The surprising science...
Jerry's doesn't have liver in onion ice cream and it's not because they whipped some up tried it and went yuck it's because from without leaving your armchair you can simulate that flavor and say yuck before you make it let's see how your experience simulators are working let's just run a quick
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Explore the U.S. Army's...
understanding that you can get from what was involved in what they were doing in serving their country I think is much more profound than as an armchair historian of some kind these items that are here will be here until the end of time and it's important that they're
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Why I choose humanism...
extend life, prevent diseases, cure debilitating ailments, reduce infant mortality and preserve our planet. But we cannot accomplish all these goals by wishful thinking with our eyes closed or by armchair speculation or by expecting salvation from empty sky.
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A playful solution to...
Using modular components, players select items from their library and drag them into their world. Each item, be it a wall, a solar battery or even an armchair, contains all of the information for the system to calculate costs, environmental impact
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Why are we happy? Why...
It's because, without leaving your armchair, you can simulate that flavor and say "yuck" before you make it. Let's see how your experience simulators are working. Let's just run a quick diagnostic before I proceed with the rest of the talk.
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Laura Snyder: The...
pondered the cosmos from their armchairs. They were not mucking around in the fossil pits or conducting messy experiments with electrical piles like the members of the British Association. The crowd grew angry and began to complain loudly.
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Why should you read...
All three feature the original armchair detective, C. Auguste Dupin, who uses his genius and unusual powers of observation and deduction to solve crimes that baffle the police. Poe also wrote satires of social and literary trends,
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How to make hard choices...
But I came from a modest immigrant family where my idea of luxury was having a pork tongue and jelly sandwich in my school lunchbox, so the thought of spending my whole life sitting around in armchairs just thinking
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The Disappearance of...
have been studied and pored over. Every sentence and word analyzed, in depth, by the Navy's after action report. And then of course, re-analyzed by armchair historians and hacky curse TV shows. Walk me through it.
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Matthieu Ricard: How to...
So now, this idea that if we go deep within, we are irredeemably selfish, this is armchair science. There is not a single sociological study, psychological study, that's ever shown that.
Video examples
The surprising science...
Jerry's doesn't have liver in onion ice cream and it's not because they whipped some up tried it and went yuck it's because from without leaving your armchair you can simulate that flavor and say yuck before you make it let's see how your experience simulators are working let's just run a quick
Video examples
Explore the U.S. Army's...
understanding that you can get from what was involved in what they were doing in serving their country I think is much more profound than as an armchair historian of some kind these items that are here will be here until the end of time and it's important that they're
Video examples
Why I choose humanism...
extend life, prevent diseases, cure debilitating ailments, reduce infant mortality and preserve our planet. But we cannot accomplish all these goals by wishful thinking with our eyes closed or by armchair speculation or by expecting salvation from empty sky.
Video examples
A playful solution to...
Using modular components, players select items from their library and drag them into their world. Each item, be it a wall, a solar battery or even an armchair, contains all of the information for the system to calculate costs, environmental impact
Video examples
Why are we happy? Why...
It's because, without leaving your armchair, you can simulate that flavor and say "yuck" before you make it. Let's see how your experience simulators are working. Let's just run a quick diagnostic before I proceed with the rest of the talk.
Video examples
Laura Snyder: The...
pondered the cosmos from their armchairs. They were not mucking around in the fossil pits or conducting messy experiments with electrical piles like the members of the British Association. The crowd grew angry and began to complain loudly.
Video examples
Why should you read...
All three feature the original armchair detective, C. Auguste Dupin, who uses his genius and unusual powers of observation and deduction to solve crimes that baffle the police. Poe also wrote satires of social and literary trends,
Video examples
How to make hard choices...
But I came from a modest immigrant family where my idea of luxury was having a pork tongue and jelly sandwich in my school lunchbox, so the thought of spending my whole life sitting around in armchairs just thinking
Video examples
The Disappearance of...
have been studied and pored over. Every sentence and word analyzed, in depth, by the Navy's after action report. And then of course, re-analyzed by armchair historians and hacky curse TV shows. Walk me through it.
Video examples
Matthieu Ricard: How to...
So now, this idea that if we go deep within, we are irredeemably selfish, this is armchair science. There is not a single sociological study, psychological study, that's ever shown that.
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David Bowie
English Musician
An armchair Jungian would say the whole thing is about my own ongoing spiritual search. My interior life has always been one of trying to find a spiritual link, maybe because I'm from a family of separate religious philosophies: Protestant and Catholic.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
We have international standards regulating everything from t-shirts to toys to tomatoes. There are international regulations for furniture. That means there are common standards for the global trade in armchairs but not the global trade in arms.
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Bettany Hughes
I cannot write about the past unless I go where history happened. Some make very good armchair historians, I'm not one of them. If you're going to inhabit someone else's world, the very least you can do is to spend a little time in it.
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Henri Matisse
French Artist
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
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Alan Ball
American Director
I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.
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Tim Ferriss
American Author
I discourage passive skepticism, which is the armchair variety where people sit back and criticize without ever subjecting their theories or themselves to real field testing.
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Maeve Binchy
Irish Novelist
Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.
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James Thurber
American Author
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.
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Edward Carpenter
English Activist
I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.
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Rick Moranis
Canadian Actor
I have nine armchairs from which I can be critical.
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David Bowie
English Musician
An armchair Jungian would say the whole thing is about my own ongoing spiritual search. My interior life has always been one of trying to find a spiritual link, maybe because I'm from a family of separate religious philosophies: Protestant and Catholic.
Quote examples
Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
We have international standards regulating everything from t-shirts to toys to tomatoes. There are international regulations for furniture. That means there are common standards for the global trade in armchairs but not the global trade in arms.
Quote examples
Bettany Hughes
I cannot write about the past unless I go where history happened. Some make very good armchair historians, I'm not one of them. If you're going to inhabit someone else's world, the very least you can do is to spend a little time in it.
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Henri Matisse
French Artist
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
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Alan Ball
American Director
I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.
Quote examples
Tim Ferriss
American Author
I discourage passive skepticism, which is the armchair variety where people sit back and criticize without ever subjecting their theories or themselves to real field testing.
Quote examples
Maeve Binchy
Irish Novelist
Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.
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James Thurber
American Author
The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.
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Edward Carpenter
English Activist
I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.
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Rick Moranis
Canadian Actor
I have nine armchairs from which I can be critical.
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