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- [RE:] ΩԸ×÷¸ö°ëµõ×ÓPosted by ÂêÑÅ on 02/05/2006. definition of gadfly commented once."Gadfly" is name for various biting flies, especially those that attack livestock, e.g., the botfly and the horsefly. "Gadfly" is a persistent irritating critic; a nuisance. "Gadfly" is the One that acts as a provocative stimulus; a goad. "Gadfly" is a term for people who upset the status quo by posing upsetting or novel questions, or attempts to stimulate innovation by proving an irritant. The term "gadfly" was used by Plato to describe Socrates' relationship of uncomfortable goad to the Atheni
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