dissatisfaction | (noun) the feeling of being displeased and discontent | - |
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dissection | (noun) cutting so as to separate into pieces | - |
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(noun) detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) | - |
(noun) a minute and critical analysis | - |
dissembler | (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender |
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dissembling | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation |
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(noun) pretending with intention to deceive | Synonyms: feigning, pretence, pretense |
dissemination | (noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something | Synonyms: diffusion, dispersal, dispersion |
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(noun) the property of being diffused or dispersed | Synonyms: diffusion |
(noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: airing, public exposure, spreading |
disseminator | (noun) someone who spreads the news | Synonyms: propagator |
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dissension | (noun) disagreement among those expected to cooperate | Synonyms: discord |
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(noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: disagreement, dissonance |
dissent | (noun) the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | Synonyms: objection, protest |
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(noun) (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority | - |
(noun) a difference of opinion | - |
dissenter | (noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissident, objector, protester |
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dissertation | (noun) a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree | Synonyms: thesis |
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disservice | (noun) an act intended to help that turns out badly | Synonyms: ill service, ill turn |
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dissidence | (noun) disagreement; especially disagreement with the government | - |
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dissident | (noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, objector, protester |
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dissilience | (noun) the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe | - |
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dissimilarity | (noun) the quality of being dissimilar | Synonyms: unsimilarity |
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dissimilation | (noun) breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy | Synonyms: catabolism, destructive metabolism, katabolism |
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(noun) a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other | - |
dissimilitude | (noun) dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness | Synonyms: unlikeness |
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dissimulation | (noun) the act of deceiving | Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissembling |
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dissimulator | (noun) a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives | Synonyms: dissembler, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender |
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dissipation | (noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | Synonyms: dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy |
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(noun) useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly | Synonyms: waste, wastefulness |
(noun) breaking up and scattering by dispersion | - |
dissociation | (noun) the act of removing from association | - |
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(noun) (chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions | - |
(noun) a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently | Synonyms: disassociation |
dissolubility | (noun) the property of being dissoluble | Synonyms: solubleness |
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dissoluteness | (noun) indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures | Synonyms: incontinence, self-gratification |
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dissolution | (noun) the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations) | Synonyms: breakup |
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(noun) the termination of a meeting | Synonyms: adjournment |
(noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure | Synonyms: dissipation, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy |
(noun) separation into component parts | Synonyms: disintegration |
(noun) the process of going into solution | Synonyms: dissolving |
dissolve | (noun) (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out | - |
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dissolvent | (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | Synonyms: dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent |
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dissolver | (noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | Synonyms: dissolvent, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent |
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dissolving | (noun) the process of going into solution | Synonyms: dissolution |
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dissonance | (noun) disagreeable sounds | - |
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(noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: noise, racket |
(noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: disagreement, dissension |
dissuasion | (noun) persuading not to do or believe something; talking someone out of a belief or an intended course of action | - |
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(noun) a communication that dissuades you | - |
dissyllable | (noun) a word having two syllables | Synonyms: disyllable |
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dissymmetry | (noun) lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something | Synonyms: disproportion, imbalance |
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