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Wat (wie) is Gordian knot - definitie

Gordian Knot

KNOT IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, USED AS A METAPHOR FOR DIFFICULT PROBLEMS WITH LITTLE OR NO SOLUTION

Gordian knot; Cut the Gordian Knot; Alexandrian solution; Gordian Knots; Phrygian Knot; Cutting the Gordian Knot; Gordic knot; GORDIAN KNOT; The gordian knot; Gordian's knot; The Gordian Knot; Gordian knots

The Gordian Knot is an Ancient Greek legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (untying an impossibly tangled knot) solved easily by finding an approach to the problem that renders the perceived constraints of the problem moot ("cutting the Gordian knot"):

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Gordian knot

KNOT IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, USED AS A METAPHOR FOR DIFFICULT PROBLEMS WITH LITTLE OR NO SOLUTION

Gordian knot; Cut the Gordian Knot; Alexandrian solution; Gordian Knots; Phrygian Knot; Cutting the Gordian Knot; Gordic knot; GORDIAN KNOT; The gordian knot; Gordian's knot; The Gordian Knot; Gordian knots

n. to cut the Gordian knot

Gordian knot

KNOT IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, USED AS A METAPHOR FOR DIFFICULT PROBLEMS WITH LITTLE OR NO SOLUTION

Gordian knot; Cut the Gordian Knot; Alexandrian solution; Gordian Knots; Phrygian Knot; Cutting the Gordian Knot; Gordic knot; GORDIAN KNOT; The gordian knot; Gordian's knot; The Gordian Knot; Gordian knots

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¦ noun (in phr. cut the Gordian knot) solve a difficult problem in a direct or forceful way.

Origin

C16: from the legendary knot tied by Gordius, king of Gordium, and cut through by Alexander the Great in response to the prophecy that whoever untied it would rule Asia.

Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor Gordian knot

1. Instead, we must cut the Gordian knot of fossil fuels, carbon emissions and economic activity.

2. Sometimes it‘s better to cut the Gordian knot; sometimes good fences do eventually make good neighbours.

3. New Orleans is a Gordian knot of complications that has tied up just about everyone.

4. When conflicts arise, the Kremlin has tended to cut the Gordian knot rather than attempting to untie it.

5. Negotiations on the agreement now form part of the Gordian knot of Chechen problems that will likely be left for Russia‘s next president to untangle.