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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for May 27, 1999
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symposium [n. sim-POH-zee-um]
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A symposium is a party, social gathering, or formal meeting where
there is a free exchange of ideas, or it can be a collection of
opinions on a subject, especially one that is published. Example:
"Dr. Drake attended the physics symposium, where he spoke at length
about his new theories."
Today, a symposium is most often a formal gathering, with a scheduled
list of speakers and discussions. In ancient Greece, the first
symposia were more like drinking parties than intellectual meetings.
Their word was sumposion, from sumpinein, a compound of sum-
(together) and pinein (to drink).
Until the 18th century, a symposium was a Greek drinking party. The
more sober sense of the word appeared when British intellectuals began
meeting for drinks and conversation, bringing a sense of dignified,
English propriety to their symposia.
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