Exponent

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–noun 

1. a person 

or 

thing that expounds, explains, or interprets: an exponent of modern theory in the arts.  

2. a person or thing that is a representative, advocate, type, or symbol of something: Lincoln is an exponent of American democracy. 

3. Mathematics. a symbol or number placed above and after another symbol or number to denote the power to which the latter is to be raised: The exponents of the quantities xⁿ, 2^m, y⁴, and 3⁵ are, respectively, n, m, 4, and 5. 





　

As enacted by Tim Roth, little Devon Gearhart, and especially co-executive producer Naomi Watts, the family's suffering seems naturalistic enough. They are recognizable people, while their scarifying captors (in this version, Michael Pitt and Brady Corbet) are deliberate ciphers who anticipate the implacably murderous, Oscar-winning joker created by Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men. 



As suggested by their cartoon nicknames (Tom and Jerry, Beavis and Butt-head), their white Mickey Mouse gloves, and the fun they have inventing motives for their inexplicable antics—not to mention their occasional asides to the audience—Haneke's villains are blatant textual effects. 



(As a strict exponent of unpleasure, however, Haneke will permit none of the narrative thrills the Coens provide in their funny games.)





exorbitant sumptuous

exuberant

extortion ransom 

extoll

exhort admonish & encourage!!!

expostulate

Deluge