Examples of 'faustian' in a sentence
Meaning of "faustian"
Faustian: an adjective used to describe a situation involving a deal or decision that is made for personal gain regardless of the consequences, based on the character Faust in German folklore
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- Of or pertaining to Faust, especially in the sense of being willing to abandon one's principles or values in order to pursue knowledge, wealth or other benefits.
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Faustian bargains always take me an extra minute.
But in a moment of faustian proportions.
I made a faustian bargain with the forces of darkness.
All technological change is like a Faustian bargain.
The faustian contract.
So you know this is far from Faustian.
There was a Faustian pact offered to asset managers.
Those people have entered a Faustian pact.
This was a Faustian bargain that they had to fulfill.
And this doctor made a Faustian pact.
That is a Faustian bargain for them.
This is also the classic Faustian bargain.
The Faustian bargain seduces us to sell our souls.
So you have got a little Faustian deal going here.
The Faustian pact is between myth and reality.
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His tabloid tryst was a Faustian pact.
He soon regrets the Faustian bargain he made but it is too late.
But the passionate thrust into distance is Faustian.
They have made a faustian covenant with Lucifer.
A small part of me believed she would made a Faustian bargain.
The Faustian bargain resorting to nuclear energy poses a serious dilemma.
That brings us to the Faustian pact.
It represents an astonishing Faustian bargain with a new and different kind of intolerance.
The attempt has been made to find in Cyprian a mystical prototype of the Faustian legend.
It was always a Faustian pact anyway.
This Faustian myth underlines the Goethian idea that the study of humanity is man.
You have made that Faustian bargain with your public.
Apparently the demons go after humans in need and strike your classic Faustian deal.
Abundance is not the result of a Faustian pact to achieve personal greatness.
The Faustian bargain between humans and grains was not the only deal our species made.
The book is the culmination of a lifelong study of the Faustian roots of Western culture.
The Faustian bargain of life everlasting.
A small part of me believed she would made a Faustian bargain and would live forever.
This Faustian bargain comes at the expense of Christian values.
We have registered our willingness to make the Faustian deal that the Swedes have not.
Her relationship with the Tory party is now entirely Faustian.
The type that Faustian men have.
What you suggest sounds positively Faustian.
She made a Faustian pact.
However much Grace may be seduced by our fiendish Faustian friend.
Sort of a Faustian bargain.
This Faustian bargain has had a huge effect on opinion in the Kingdom.
Aryan man has the Faustian will.
He subsequently makes a Faustian deal with an unspecified demon to resurrect Brother Voodoo.
Recorded by Grammy winner and possible Faustian bargain maker.
He is a Faustian character.
No intention of forgiving Faustian pact.
Manfred is a Faustian noble living in the Bernese Alps.
And celebrity is a Faustian bargain.
The Faustian bargain.
