{"id":706,"date":"2008-04-26T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2008-04-27T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/04\/26\/influence\/"},"modified":"2008-04-26T21:00:22","modified_gmt":"2008-04-27T05:00:22","slug":"influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/04\/26\/influence\/","title":{"rendered":"influence"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is it?<\/p>\n

Shall we try a few definitions?<\/p>\n

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in\u00b7flu\u00b7ence<\/b> <\/a> Audio Help<\/a>   (?n’fl??-?ns)  Pronunciation Key<\/a>
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  1. A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort: relaxed under the influence of the music; the influence of television on modern life.<\/i>\n
  2. Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position: used her parent’s influence to get the job.<\/i><\/li>\n
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    1. A person who exerts influence: My parents considered my friend to be a bad influence on me.<\/i>\n
    2. An effect or change produced by influence.\n
    3. … [astrological defs. deleted] …<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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      tr.v.   in\u00b7flu\u00b7enced<\/b>, in\u00b7flu\u00b7enc\u00b7ing<\/b>, in\u00b7flu\u00b7enc\u00b7es<\/b><\/p>\n

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      1. To produce an effect on by imperceptible or intangible means; sway.\n
      2. To affect the nature, development, or condition of; modify. See Synonyms at affect<\/a> [1]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

        We are all influenced by something or someone. Probably more than one someone or something.<\/p>\n

        How do you know when someone is a profound influence on someone else?<\/p>\n

        Could it be when someone constantly refers to someone, quotes him\/her, speaks admiringly of that person, will hear no criticism of or offer any criticism of that person… could it be that such a generic ‘someone’ is a great influence on that person?<\/p>\n

        I wonder at some who say they are one kind of person yet use all their own influence to promote others who are quite a different kind of person. Who is influencing whom? And who is kidding whom?<\/p>\n

        Feeling cryptic…<\/p>\n

        \"don_sig\" <\/p>\n

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          [1]<\/a> influence. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage\u00ae Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition<\/i>. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. <\/font>http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/influence<\/font><\/a> (accessed: April 26, 2008).<\/font><\/p>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          What is it? Shall we try a few definitions? in\u00b7flu\u00b7ence Audio Help   (?n’fl??-?ns)  Pronunciation Keyn.   A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort: relaxed under the influence of the music; the influence of television on modern life. Power to sway or affect based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[72,68],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2fYWj-bo","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}