(With the) (in the existentialist philosophy of Sartre) practical activities and material structures learnt or inherited from previous generations, having the effect of limiting or nullifying true freedom of action.
Origin
1960s; earliest use found in The French Review.
Definition of practico-inert in US English:
practico-inert
noun
Philosophy
(With the) (in the existentialist philosophy of Sartre) practical activities and material structures learnt or inherited from previous generations, having the effect of limiting or nullifying true freedom of action.