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US
/ˈɹubɪkɔn/
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NOUN
- a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment
- the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
How To Use Rubicon In A Sentence
- The premise of the precapitalist paradigm of expression holds that consciousness is part of the rubicon of art. Matthew Yglesias » Fight Club
- However, kids cross a Rubicon at a certain age, when they want to do, not to watch, they want to control, not be controlled.
- (Again, the “existence” of the other possible world is meant only to imply that there is some set of compossible essences that include the Caesar-counterpart who does not cross the Rubicon.) Leibniz's Modal Metaphysics
- He had not, although "the movie guy" aka Francis Ford Coppola asked Mr. Graves for some sketches shortly after he'd purchased the old Inglenook property, now known as Rubicon. Michael Graves
- Much harder and steeper than the Salathé, Mescalito seemed far beyond a Rubicon I would never cross.
- The _pomoerium_ was extended to embrace all Italy, and, as is supposed, the northern boundary of Roman territory was extended to the Rubicon. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic
- News Corp. has obtained a minority stake in Rubicon Project, a Web advertising firm, in exchange for its online ad group Fox Audience Network. News Corp. Swaps Business for Stake in Rubicon
- Fraser takes this lack of reaction as evidence that a Rubicon has been crossed.
- Did he personally start out as the rest of mortal mankind, and cross some intellectual rubicon? Political Beliefs and Self-Deception, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- In my view, the damages that flow from the loss of profits from a secondary bargain lie on the far side of a Rubicon that should not be crossed; reasonable foreseeability takes us only to the shore.
