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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One more concerned with airy intellectual pursuits than practical matters like earning an income..
My wife is such a luftmensch she missed our anniversary dinner because she was too busy reading her books!
Chagall was a luftmensch, he says, a man of the air...
Use luftmensch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Luftmensch means One more concerned with airy intellectual pursuits than practical matters like earning an income..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My wife is such a luftmensch she missed our anniversary dinner because she was too busy reading her books!
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