allegoresis | (noun) the interpretation of written, oral, or artistic expression as allegory. | - |
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allegoricalness | (noun) The state or quality of being allegorical. | - |
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allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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allegorizer | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegoriser |
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allegory | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: apologue, fable, parable |
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(noun) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor | - |
(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea | Synonyms: emblem |
archegonium | (noun) a female sex organ occurring in mosses, ferns, and most gymnosperms | - |
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beaugregory | (noun) a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies | Synonyms: Pomacentrus leucostictus |
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begonia | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes | - |
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categorem | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categoreme |
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categoreme | (noun) a categorematic expression; a term capable of standing alone as the subject or predicate of a logical proposition | Synonyms: categorem |
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categorisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorization, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorization, classification, sorting |
(noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorization, classification |
categorization | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, classification, compartmentalisation, compartmentalization |
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(noun) the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories | Synonyms: categorisation, classification, sorting |
(noun) a group of people or things arranged by class or category | Synonyms: categorisation, classification |
category | (noun) a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme | - |
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(noun) a collection of things sharing a common attribute | Synonyms: class, family |
ego | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind | - |
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(noun) your consciousness of your own identity | Synonyms: self |
(noun) an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others | Synonyms: egotism, self-importance |
egocentric | (noun) a self-centered person with little regard for others | Synonyms: egoist |
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egocentrism | (noun) concern for your own interests and welfare | Synonyms: egoism, self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest |
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egoism | (noun) concern for your own interests and welfare | Synonyms: egocentrism, self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest |
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(noun) (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare is the basis of morality | - |
egoist | (noun) a self-centered person with little regard for others | Synonyms: egocentric |
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(noun) a conceited and self-centered person | Synonyms: egotist, swellhead |
egomania | (noun) an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs | - |
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egomaniac | (noun) an abnormally egotistical person | - |
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egotism | (noun) an exaggerated opinion of your own importance | Synonyms: self-importance, swelled head |
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(noun) an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others | Synonyms: ego, self-importance |
egotist | (noun) a conceited and self-centered person | Synonyms: egoist, swellhead |
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hoosegow | (noun) slang for a jail | Synonyms: hoosgow |
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megohm | (noun) a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms | - |
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mishegoss | (noun) (Yiddish) craziness; senseless behavior or activity | Synonyms: meshugaas, mishegaas |
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moviegoer | (noun) someone who goes to see movies | Synonyms: motion-picture fan |
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negotiant | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiator, treater |
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negotiation | (noun) the activity or business of negotiating an agreement; coming to terms | - |
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(noun) a discussion intended to produce an agreement | Synonyms: dialogue, talks |
negotiator | (noun) someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | Synonyms: negotiant, treater |
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negotiatress | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatrix |
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negotiatrix | (noun) a woman negotiator | Synonyms: negotiatress |
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paregoric | (noun) medicine used to treat diarrhea | Synonyms: camphorated tincture of opium |
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pichiciego | (noun) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck | Synonyms: chlamyphore, Chlamyphorus truncatus, fairy armadillo, pichiciago |
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prolegomenon | (noun) a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise | - |
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regosol | (noun) a type of soil consisting of unconsolidated material from freshly deposited alluvium or sand | - |
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scapegoat | (noun) someone who is punished for the errors of others | Synonyms: whipping boy |
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stegosaur | (noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | Synonyms: Stegosaur stenops, stegosaurus |
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stegosaurus | (noun) herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a weapon | Synonyms: stegosaur, Stegosaur stenops |
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superego | (noun) (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience | - |
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syncategorem | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategoreme |
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syncategoreme | (noun) a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition | Synonyms: syncategorem |
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theatregoer | (noun) someone who attends the theater | Synonyms: playgoer, theatergoer |
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