ADJ.
certain, necessary, true
VERB + HALLMARK
othering, sort
HALLMARK + NOUN
american, democracy, fascism, man, sociopath, wisdom
noun
A distinguishing characteristic.
You know what a university is, and a university degree? It is the necessary hallmark of a man who wants to do anything in teaching.
The inference appears to be that there is some subtle connection between immorality and art, as if the handling of the lewd, or the depicting of it, were in some sort the hallmark of the true artist.
An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.
verb
To provide or stamp with a hallmark.
The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
[…]everything on my plate those forks and fishslicers were hallmarked silver too I wish I had some I could easily have slipped a couple into my muff when I was playing with them[…]
name
A surname.
Ellipsis of Hallmark Cards.
noun — a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and aut
A memorable moment or event, one which would either make for or call for a poignant greeting card.
And then comes that inevitable moment when someone makes a snide remark or brings up a past grudge, and the bottom falls out and things go south fast. In a matter of seconds my Hal
You know what a university is, and a university degree? It is the necessary hallmark of a man who wants to do anything in teaching.
WiktionaryThe inference appears to be that there is some subtle connection between immorality and art, as if the handling of the lewd, or the depicting of it, were in some sort the hallmark of the true artist.
WiktionaryA man needs only to be careful—and lucky—to live a long time in the Solomons; but he must also be of the right sort. He must have the hall-mark of the inevitable white man stamped upon his soul.
WiktionaryThe cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.
Wiktionary[…]everything on my plate those forks and fishslicers were hallmarked silver too I wish I had some I could easily have slipped a couple into my muff when I was playing with them[…]
WiktionaryA certain hallmark of wisdom is the cheerful benevolence it confers.
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