pab|u|lum

pab|u|lum
pab|u|lum «PAB yuh luhm», noun.
1. food; anything taken in by an animal or plant to maintain life and growth. SYNONYM(S): aliment, nutriment.
2. = fuel. (Cf. ↑fuel)
3. Figurative. intellectual or spiritual nourishment; food, for the mind: »

The idea that it is “progressive” to hold that “democracy” consists of giving the same educational pabulum to everybody…is weakening (Wall Street Journal).

4. Figurative. intellectual pap; pablum: »

... screening an almost unvaried nightly pabulum of light-interest-sex and predictable melodrama (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

╂[< Latin pābulum fodder, related to pāscere to feed]

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