Fountainheads

Word FOUNTAINHEADS
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What do we mean by fountainheads?

A spring that is the source of a river.

An abundant source of knowledge, etc.

Novel by Ayn Rand (published in 1943) centering on the struggles of a young architect named Howard Roark. It presents the idea that man's ego is the fountainhead of human progress. The novel celebrates reason, individualism, productivity, and creativity. It is criticized for its presentation of largely black-and-white characters, and an undercurrent of sadomasochism in Roark's relationship with Dominque Francon (who serves as both an adversary and a love interest). Many who dislike the book despise Rand's philosophical system, Objectivism, or are simply too damn lazy to read a 700-page novel. Urban Dictionary

To get a general overview from an outside source of plot and themes about a book that you want to read in order to increase your cultural literacy. And then subsequently going around pretending like you've read it when, in fact, you probably stopped mid-way through chapter 2. Urban Dictionary

The effect of expelled urine hitting, and therefore having its trajectory altered upon, contact with the portion of a Prince Albert genital piercing situated in close proximity to the exterior of the male urethral opening. Sometimes also resulting in a Keern, where the stream is separated into two individual streams, most often travelling in different directions. Urban Dictionary

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The word "fountainheads" in example sentences

For the artists who were the fountainheads of modernism actually lived in social settings quite coherent and orderly by today's standards. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So it looks like Pierre Bergé will get to keep his stunning Chinese bronze fountainheads after all. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Chinese collector and auctioneer Cai Mingchao says he purposefully sabotaged the sale of these fountainheads at Christie's three-day auction of Yves Saint Laurent's estate as protest of the sale. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Christie's got another piece of good news Monday, when a French judge dismissed a request by the Chinese government to stop the auction house from offering a pair of Qing dynasty bronze fountainheads within the estate sale. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Estimate: $13 million A French judge dismissed a request by the Chinese government to stop the auction house from offering these fountainheads. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When the Chinese demanded the return of the imperial bronze fountainheads, Bergé said that if they recognized human rights, gave liberty to the Tibetan people, and welcomed the Dalai Lama he would give it to them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For the Phoenix, Brett Michel previews the Korean Film Festival running at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston through Sunday: Rather than focus on the fountainheads of modern Korean cinema, this new series relies on the emerging voices, a generation that appears content to explore similar themes from film to film. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But in short this boils down to the point that urban areas are the fountainheads of countries, with most activity going there. ❋ Jak Boumans (2008)

"What's up with Maria? She's talking about 'collectivism of the soul'." "She read 'The Fountainhead' this month." "Is she going to become an [objectivist] [a-hole]?" "No, [probably not]. You just can't start thinking you're an unrecognized genius when you're reallly just 5% smarter than the dolts around you. ❋ Rusanova (2011)

"Is that [Dante's] Infernoyou're reading? While very good, it's an extremely [difficult] [read]... you should just Fountainhead it." ❋ Jeff Custer (2007)

Person1- "Why don't you ever use [the urinal] like [the rest of us]?" Person 2- "Because I'll [piss on you]. My Prince Albert Fountainhead guarantees it." ❋ JayszunVanderwerff (2011)

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