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- the act of altering something secretly or improperly (同)tampering
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A busybody caricatured by Isaac Taylor in the 19th century to illustrate the character sketch by Theophrastus.
"meddler" redirects here. For other uses, see meddler (disambiguation).
A busybody, do-gooder, meddler or marplot is someone who meddles in the affairs of others.
An early study of the type was made by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in his typology, Characters, "In the proffered services of the busybody there is much of the affectation of kind-heartedness, and little efficient aid."[1][2][3][4]
Susanna Centlivre wrote a successful play, The Busie Body, which was first performed in 1709 and has been revived repeatedly since. It is a farce in which Marplot interferes in the romantic affairs of his friends and, despite being well-meaning, frustrates them. The characterisation of Marplot as a busybody whose "chief pleasure is knowing everybody's business" was so popular that they appeared as the title character in a sequel, Marplot. The name is a pun — mar / plot — and passed into the language as an eponym or personification of this type.[5][6]
In English law, the doctrine of locus standi requires that a plaintiff have some connection with the matter being contested. In two cases in 1957 and 1996, Lord Denning ruled that "The court will not listen to a busybody who is interfering in things which do not concern him..."[7][8] Similarly, there is a long-standing rule that a person must have an insurable interest in a property or person that they wish to insure.[9]
See also
- Mrs Grundy
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions
- Volunteering
- Yenta
References
- ^ Theophrastus translated by Isaac Taylor (1831), The Characters of Theophrastus
- ^ Jeannine K. Brown (2006), "Just a Busybody? A Look at the Greco-Roman Topos of Meddling for Defining Hebrew in 1 Peter 4:15", Journal of Biblical Literature 125 (3): 549–568, doi:10.2307/27638379
- ^ Jeannine K. Brown (2007), Scripture as Communication, p. 202, ISBN 9781585583133
- ^ Leo Groarke (2000), Ancient Thoughts on Peacekeepers and Other Busybodies, pp. 127–140, ISBN 9789042015524
- ^ John O'Brien (2001), "Busy Bodies: The plots of Susanna Centlivre", Eighteenth-Century Genre and Culture, University of Delaware Press, pp. 165–189
- ^ Alan Hager (2009), Encyclopedia of British Writers, p. 51, ISBN 9781438108698
- ^ Basant Lal Wadehra (2009), Public Interest Litigation, p. 146, ISBN 9788175347984
- ^ Baron Alfred Thompson Denning (1979), The Discipline of Law, p. 117, ISBN 9780406176042
- ^ Jacob Loshin (2007), "Insurance Law's Hapless Busybody", The Yale Law Journal 117 (3): 474–509, doi:10.2307/20455799
English Journal
- Meddling Vibrio cholerae Murmurs: A Neoteric Advancement in Cholera Research.
- Hema M1, Balasubramanian S1, Princy SA1.
- Indian journal of microbiology.Indian J Microbiol.2015 Jun;55(2):121-30. doi: 10.1007/s12088-015-0520-1. Epub 2015 Feb 24.
- Cholera, a known diarrheal disease is associated with various risk factors like hypovolemic shock, rice watery stools, and death in developing countries. The overuse of antibiotics to treat cholera imposed a selective pressure for the emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant Vibrio cholerae stra
- PMID 25805898
- Mistrust and meddling unsettles US science agency.
- Deng B.
- Nature.Nature.2015 Mar 12;519(7542):138-9. doi: 10.1038/519138a.
- PMID 25762260
- Stroke: Meddling with the mind.
- Bordon Y1.
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery.Nat Rev Drug Discov.2015 Mar;14(3):166. doi: 10.1038/nrd4561.
- PMID 25722242
Japanese Journal
- 糖尿病否定的認知に関する質問紙―DNC尺度の開発と信頼性および妥当性の検討―
- チェックイン・チェックアウトモデルを適用したMR遠隔協調作業システム
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- Meddling definition, to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life! See more. ... He had no idea of meddling, but came with the kindest intentions ...
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