Elan
noun
Energy, style, or enthusiasm.
She performed with such an elan that the audience was awestruck
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- perform with elan
- show elan
noun
Energy, style, or enthusiasm.
She performed with such an elan that the audience was awestruck
Often appears as...
- perform with elan
- show elan
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Energy
Elan usually carries a positive connotation, implying one has a lively energy and confidence.
He tackled the new project with elan, impressing his colleagues.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sophistication
Elan can suggest a degree of sophistication or cultured elegance in behavior or style.
The diplomat handled the negotiations with considerable elan.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
Using 'elan' in casual conversation may feel out of place; it's more common in formal or written English.
Her travelogue was written with such elan that it felt like a novel.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Energy
Elan usually carries a positive connotation, implying one has a lively energy and confidence.
He tackled the new project with elan, impressing his colleagues.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sophistication
Elan can suggest a degree of sophistication or cultured elegance in behavior or style.
The diplomat handled the negotiations with considerable elan.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
Using 'elan' in casual conversation may feel out of place; it's more common in formal or written English.
Her travelogue was written with such elan that it felt like a novel.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Energy
Elan usually carries a positive connotation, implying one has a lively energy and confidence.
He tackled the new project with elan, impressing his colleagues.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sophistication
Elan can suggest a degree of sophistication or cultured elegance in behavior or style.
The diplomat handled the negotiations with considerable elan.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Usage
Using 'elan' in casual conversation may feel out of place; it's more common in formal or written English.
Her travelogue was written with such elan that it felt like a novel.
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but also laughable and comic ridicule helps correct it. The comic is a kinetic, vital force, or elan vital, that helps us adapt. Bergson elaborates on this idea to study what's funny about all sorts of things. But let's stay on this.
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but also laughable and comic ridicule helps correct it. The comic is a kinetic, vital force, or elan vital, that helps us adapt. Bergson elaborates on this idea to study what's funny about all sorts of things. But let's stay on this.
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Virginia Postrel
American Writer
From the days of biplanes and silk scarves, the aviator has been the archetype of masculine glamour. Aviators have personified national ideals, from French elan to Soviet party discipline. They've inspired lust and admiration. They've turned sunglasses and short, utilitarian leather jackets into fashion statements.
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Charles Hazlewood
British Musician
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage.
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Charles Bukowski
American Author
I have not worked out my poems with a careful will, falling rather on haphazard and blind formulation of wordage, a more flowing concept, in a hope for a more new and lively path. I do personalize at times, but this only for the grace and elan of the dance.
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Sathyapriya
Indian Actress
Whatever role was offered to me, I adapted well and did it with elan. A vamp's role is challenging, but a mother's role is comparatively easy.
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Rory Kinnear
English Actor
I always loved acting - though what I did in my teens was probably more eclat than elan. But I wasn't sure about doing it professionally.
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Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.
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Virginia Postrel
American Writer
From the days of biplanes and silk scarves, the aviator has been the archetype of masculine glamour. Aviators have personified national ideals, from French elan to Soviet party discipline. They've inspired lust and admiration. They've turned sunglasses and short, utilitarian leather jackets into fashion statements.
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Charles Hazlewood
British Musician
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage.
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Charles Bukowski
American Author
I have not worked out my poems with a careful will, falling rather on haphazard and blind formulation of wordage, a more flowing concept, in a hope for a more new and lively path. I do personalize at times, but this only for the grace and elan of the dance.
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Sathyapriya
Indian Actress
Whatever role was offered to me, I adapted well and did it with elan. A vamp's role is challenging, but a mother's role is comparatively easy.
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Rory Kinnear
English Actor
I always loved acting - though what I did in my teens was probably more eclat than elan. But I wasn't sure about doing it professionally.
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Tom Brokaw
American Journalist
Peter, of the three of us, was our prince. He seemed so timeless. He had such elan and style.
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