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Influence is a term that refers to the ability to indirectly control or affect the actions of other people or things. The meaning of influence therefore depends on who or what is being affected, and to what end.

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Social influence

"the most influential" (peacock term)

The phrase "the most influential" is the most used peacock term on Wikipedia.

Art historical influence

  • Art and art history, to point to structures (a "style") or imagery (contents) supposed to be related.
    Alfred Hitchcock was a highly influential film director


The Anxiety of Influence (1973) - Harold Bloom

The Anxiety of Influence (1973) - Harold Bloom

Ready-Made (1917) - Marcel Duchamp

In 2004, Marcel Duchamp's porcelain urinal was named the world's most influential piece of modern art in a survey of 500 artists, curators, critics and dealers. (source: Guardian)

Power (sociology)

Cultural imperialism

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avant-garde - avant la lettre - futurism - greatness - innovation - precursor - early - original - power - proto - seminal (work)



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