Yet, where those projects have quietly downplayed their radicalism, Secret Theatre has defined itself with a combative, critical rhetoric that could easily trigger a backlash.
Under Mr. Elbaz, Lanvin has defined itself with lines that are mature without being unsexed, fashion-forward while remaining rooted in classic tailoring.
Back in the early 20th century, the Bauhaus movement defined itself with two slogans: first, that form should follow function; and second, that design should be truthful to materials.
"I think we're seeing a moment like the early 1980's, where a generation is defining itself with art that reacts to mass media saturation with handcrafted, intimate gestures transmitted from one artist to another," said Mr. Watson, who helped organize the Collage Project, one of six such undertakings scheduled at the store in the coming year.
And it's not like the school itself is responsible - from day one it's been an institution that's set out to define itself with a series of highly laudable aims.
It is useful to remember that the new nation birthed by the original tea party defined itself with a seal whose only inscription is "E pluribus unum," out of many one.
While it's fun to wonder whether or not a generation really is defining itself with a high that makes you feel as if your head is bonging around in a thunder drum for a few seconds, the relentless publicity of laughing gas as a recreational drug is a minor hindrance for Ravi Das, a neuroscientist at UCL who has uncovered an extremely serious use for it.
While it's fun to wonder whether or not a generation really is defining itself with a high that makes you feel as if your head is bonging around in a thunder drum for a few seconds, the relentless publicity of laughing gas as a recreational drug is a minor hindrance for Ravi Das, a neuroscientist at University College London who has uncovered an extremely serious use for it.
Naturalized epistemology defines itself in contrast with analytic epistemology, which is also often described as 'traditional' or 'mainstream' epistemology.
The restaurant defines itself as contemporary American, with many of its ingredients obtained from area farms.
