| i | (noun) the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: I |
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| iamb | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: iambus |
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| iambic | (noun) a verse line consisting of iambs | - |
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| iambus | (noun) a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed syllables | Synonyms: iamb |
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| ianfu | (noun) a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II | Synonyms: comfort woman |
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| ibex | (noun) wild goat of mountain areas of Eurasia and northern Africa having large recurved horns | Synonyms: Capra ibex |
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| ibis | (noun) wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills | - |
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| ibuprofen | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicine (trade names Advil and Motrin and Nuprin) used to relieve the pain of arthritis and as an antipyretic | Synonyms: Advil, isobutylphenyl propionic acid, Motrin, Nuprin |
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| icaco | (noun) plum-shaped whitish to almost black fruit used for preserves; tropical American | Synonyms: coco plum, cocoa plum |
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| (noun) small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit | Synonyms: Chrysobalanus icaco, coco plum, coco plum tree, cocoa plum |
| ice | (noun) a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating | Synonyms: ice-skating rink, ice rink |
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| (noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, glass, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
| (noun) a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) | Synonyms: frappe |
| (noun) a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes | Synonyms: frosting, icing |
| (noun) the frozen part of a body of water | - |
| (noun) diamonds | Synonyms: sparkler |
| (noun) water frozen in the solid state | Synonyms: water ice |
| iceberg | (noun) lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head | Synonyms: crisphead lettuce, iceberg lettuce |
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| (noun) a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier | Synonyms: berg |
| iceboat | (noun) a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation | Synonyms: icebreaker |
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| (noun) a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice | Synonyms: ice yacht, scooter |
| icebox | (noun) white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures | Synonyms: refrigerator |
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| icebreaker | (noun) a beginning that relaxes a tense or formal atmosphere | - |
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| (noun) a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation | Synonyms: iceboat |
| icecap | (noun) a mass of ice and snow that permanently covers a large area of land (e.g., the polar regions or a mountain peak) | Synonyms: ice cap |
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| icecream | (noun) frozen dessert containing cream and sugar and flavoring | Synonyms: ice cream |
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| icefall | (noun) a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall | - |
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| icehouse | (noun) a house for storing ice | - |
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| iceman | (noun) someone who cuts and delivers ice | - |
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| (noun) a professional killer | Synonyms: hatchet man |
| icepick | (noun) pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice | Synonyms: ice pick |
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| icetray | (noun) a tray for making cubes of ice in a refrigerator | - |
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| ichneumon | (noun) northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to devour crocodile eggs | Synonyms: Herpestes ichneumon |
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| ichor | (noun) a fluid product of inflammation | Synonyms: festering, purulence, pus, sanies, suppuration |
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| (noun) (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods | - |
| ichthyolatry | (noun) the worship of fish | Synonyms: fish-worship |
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| ichthyologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies fishes | - |
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| ichthyology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies fishes | - |
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| ichthyosaur | (noun) any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs | - |
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| ichthyosaurus | (noun) ichthyosaurs of the Jurassic | - |
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| ichthyosis | (noun) any of several congenital diseases in which the skin is dry and scaly like a fish | - |
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| ichthyostega | (noun) early tetrapod amphibian found in Greenland | - |
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| icicle | (noun) ice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water | - |
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| iciness | (noun) coldness due to a cold environment | Synonyms: chill, gelidity |
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| (noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm | Synonyms: chilliness, coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness |
| icing | (noun) (ice hockey) the act of shooting the puck from within your own defensive area the length of the rink beyond the opponent's goal | Synonyms: icing the puck |
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| (noun) a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes | Synonyms: frosting, ice |
| (noun) the formation of frost or ice on a surface | Synonyms: frost |
| icon | (noun) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | Synonyms: ikon, image, picture |
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| (noun) a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church | Synonyms: ikon |
| (noun) (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface | - |
| iconoclasm | (noun) the orientation of an iconoclast | - |
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| iconoclast | (noun) someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | - |
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| (noun) a destroyer of images used in religious worship | Synonyms: image breaker |
| iconography | (noun) the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject | - |
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| iconolatry | (noun) the worship of sacred images | - |
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| iconology | (noun) the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms) | - |
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| iconoscope | (noun) the first practical television-camera for picture pickup; invented in 1923 by Vladimir Kosma Zworykin | - |
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| icosahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having twenty plane faces | - |
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| icterus | (noun) yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia | Synonyms: jaundice |
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| ictodosaur | (noun) intermediate in form between the therapsids and most primitive true mammals | - |
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| ictus | (noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: raptus, seizure |
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| id | (noun) (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity | - |
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| idea | (noun) the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about | Synonyms: thought |
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| (noun) your intention; what you intend to do | Synonyms: mind |
| (noun) an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth | Synonyms: approximation, estimate, estimation |
| (noun) a personal view | - |
| (noun) (music) melodic subject of a musical composition | Synonyms: melodic theme, musical theme, theme |
| ideal | (noun) the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain | - |
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| (noun) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal | Synonyms: apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
| idealisation | (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: glorification, idealization |
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| (noun) something that exists only as an idea | Synonyms: idealization |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | Synonyms: idealization |
| idealism | (noun) impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are | - |
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| (noun) elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued | Synonyms: high-mindedness, noble-mindedness |
| (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality | - |
| idealist | (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: dreamer |
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| ideality | (noun) the quality of being ideal | - |
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| idealization | (noun) a portrayal of something as ideal | Synonyms: glorification, idealisation |
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| (noun) something that exists only as an idea | Synonyms: idealisation |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | Synonyms: idealisation |
| idealogue | (noun) someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) | Synonyms: theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer |
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| ideation | (noun) the process of forming and relating ideas | - |
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| identicalness | (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identity, indistinguishability |
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| identification | (noun) the act of designating or identifying something | Synonyms: designation |
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| (noun) the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons) | - |
| (noun) the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering | Synonyms: recognition |
| (noun) evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing | - |
| (noun) the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established | - |
| identifier | (noun) a symbol that establishes the identity of the one bearing it | - |
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| identity | (noun) the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity | Synonyms: individuality, personal identity |
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| (noun) exact sameness | Synonyms: identicalness, indistinguishability |
| (noun) the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known | - |
| (noun) an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | Synonyms: identity element, identity operator |
| ideogram | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideograph |
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| ideograph | (noun) a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | Synonyms: ideogram |
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| ideography | (noun) the use of ideograms in writing | - |
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| ideologist | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologue |
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| ideologization | (noun) the process of giving an ideological character or interpretation to; especially of changing or interpreting in relation to a sociopolitical ideology often seen as biased or limited. | - |
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| ideologue | (noun) an advocate of some ideology | Synonyms: ideologist |
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| ideology | (noun) an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | Synonyms: political orientation, political theory |
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| (noun) imaginary or visionary theorization | - |
| ides | (noun) in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month | - |
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| idesia | (noun) deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries | Synonyms: Idesia polycarpa |
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| idiocy | (noun) extreme mental retardation | Synonyms: amentia |
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| idiolatry | (noun) the worship of yourself | Synonyms: autolatry, self-worship |
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| idiolect | (noun) the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life | - |
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| idiom | (noun) the style of a particular artist or school or movement | Synonyms: artistic style |
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| (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | Synonyms: accent, dialect |
| (noun) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up | Synonyms: idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase |
| (noun) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language | Synonyms: parlance |
| idiopathy | (noun) any disease arising from internal dysfunctions of unknown cause | Synonyms: idiopathic disease, idiopathic disorder |
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| idiosyncrasy | (noun) a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual | Synonyms: foible, mannerism |
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| idiot | (noun) a person of subnormal intelligence | Synonyms: changeling, cretin, half-wit, imbecile, moron, retard |
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| idle | (noun) the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling | - |
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| idleness | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idling, loafing |
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| (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: faineance |
| (noun) the quality of lacking substance or value | Synonyms: groundlessness |
| idler | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, layabout, loafer |
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| idling | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idleness, loafing |
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| idocrase | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: vesuvian, vesuvianite |
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| idol | (noun) a material effigy that is worshipped | Synonyms: god, graven image |
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| (noun) an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept | Synonyms: beau ideal, paragon, perfection |
| (noun) someone who is adored blindly and excessively | Synonyms: matinee idol |
| idolater | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idoliser, idolizer |
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| idolatress | (noun) a woman idolater | - |
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| idolatry | (noun) the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods | Synonyms: idol worship |
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| idolisation | (noun) the act of worshiping blindly and to excess | Synonyms: idolization |
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| (noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: adoration, idolization |
| idoliser | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idolater, idolizer |
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| (noun) a lover blind with admiration and devotion | Synonyms: idolizer |
| idolization | (noun) the act of worshiping blindly and to excess | Synonyms: idolisation |
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| (noun) the act of admiring strongly | Synonyms: adoration, idolisation |
| idolizer | (noun) a person who worships idols | Synonyms: idol worshiper, idolater, idoliser |
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| (noun) a lover blind with admiration and devotion | Synonyms: idoliser |
| idyl | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: bucolic, eclogue, idyll |
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| (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life | Synonyms: idyll, pastoral, pastorale |
| idyll | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: bucolic, eclogue, idyl |
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| (noun) a musical composition that evokes rural life | Synonyms: idyl, pastoral, pastorale |
| (noun) an episode of such pastoral or romantic charm as to qualify as the subject of a poetic idyll | - |
| igloo | (noun) an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome | Synonyms: iglu |
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| iglu | (noun) an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome | Synonyms: igloo |
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| igniter | (noun) a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | Synonyms: ignitor, light, lighter |
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| (noun) a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire | Synonyms: ignitor, lighter |
| ignition | (noun) the act of setting something on fire | Synonyms: firing, inflammation, kindling, lighting |
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| (noun) the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: ignition system |
| (noun) the process of initiating combustion or catching fire | - |
| ignitor | (noun) a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires | Synonyms: igniter, light, lighter |
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| (noun) a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire | Synonyms: igniter, lighter |
| ignobility | (noun) the quality of being ignoble | Synonyms: ignobleness |
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| ignobleness | (noun) the quality of being ignoble | Synonyms: ignobility |
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| ignominiousness | (noun) unworthiness meriting public disgrace and dishonor | Synonyms: disgracefulness, shamefulness |
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| ignominy | (noun) a state of dishonor | Synonyms: disgrace, shame |
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| ignoramus | (noun) an ignorant person | Synonyms: know nothing, uneducated person |
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| ignorance | (noun) the lack of knowledge or education | - |
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