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/dɛd hænd əv ðə pæst/ Listen

Dead hand of the past

noun

The oppressive influence of past events or decisions. Synonyms: dead hand, mortmain.

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"Dead hand of the past" Quotes from Famous Books

... knowledge of their bodies, and information as to contraceptives. These must go to the scrapheap of vicious, cast-off things. Hers is the power to send them there. Shall we look to her to strike the first blow which shall wrench her sisters from the grip of the dead hand of the past? ...

— Woman and the New Race • Margaret Sanger

Words linked to "Dead hand of the past" : mortmain, influence, dead hand