| nonadjacent | (adjective) not adjacent; not next | - |
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| nondisjunction | (noun) meiosis in which there is a failure of paired homologous chromosomes to separate; results in an abnormal number of chromosomes in the daughter cells | - |
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| nonjudgmental | (adjective) refraining from making judgments especially ones based on personal opinions or standards | - |
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| nonobjective | (adjective) not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature | Synonyms: abstract, abstractionist, nonfigurative |
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| nonsubjective | (adjective) undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena | Synonyms: objective |
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| object | (noun) a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow | Synonyms: physical object |
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| (noun) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | Synonyms: aim, objective, target |
| (noun) the focus of cognitions or feelings | - |
| (noun) (computing) a discrete item that provides a description of virtually anything known to a computer | - |
| (noun) (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon | - |
| (verb) express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent | - |
| (verb) be averse to or express disapproval of | - |
| objectification | (noun) the act of representing an abstraction as a physical thing | - |
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| (noun) a concrete representation of an abstract idea or principle | - |
| objectify | (verb) make impersonal or present as an object | Synonyms: depersonalise, depersonalize |
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| (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, externalize |
| objection | (noun) (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality | - |
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| (noun) the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent | Synonyms: dissent, protest |
| (noun) the speech act of objecting | - |
| (noun) the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest | Synonyms: expostulation, remonstrance, remonstration |
| objectionable | (adjective) causing disapproval or protest | Synonyms: obnoxious |
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| (adjective) liable to objection or debate; used of something one might take exception to | Synonyms: exceptionable |
| objectionableness | (noun) the quality of being hateful | Synonyms: hatefulness, obnoxiousness |
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| objectionably | (adverb) in an obnoxious manner | Synonyms: obnoxiously, offensively |
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| objective | (adjective) undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena | Synonyms: nonsubjective |
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| (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | Synonyms: accusative |
| (adjective) belonging to immediate experience of actual things or events | - |
| (adjective) emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings or interpretation | - |
| (noun) the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed | Synonyms: object glass, object lens, objective lens |
| (noun) the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable) | Synonyms: aim, object, target |
| objectively | (adverb) with objectivity | - |
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| objectiveness | (noun) judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices | Synonyms: objectivity |
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| objectivity | (noun) judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices | Synonyms: objectiveness |
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| objectivization | (noun) the act or process of making or becoming objective. | - |
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| objector | (noun) a person who dissents from some established policy | Synonyms: contestant, dissenter, dissident, protester |
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| objurgate | (verb) express strong disapproval of | Synonyms: condemn, decry, excoriate, reprobate |
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| (verb) censure severely | Synonyms: castigate, chasten, chastise, correct |
| objurgation | (noun) rebuking a person harshly | Synonyms: chiding, scolding, tongue-lashing |
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| overjealous | (adjective) suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival | Synonyms: green-eyed, jealous |
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| overjoy | (verb) cause to feel extremely joyful or happy | - |
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| overjoyed | (adjective) extremely joyful | - |
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| pajama | (noun) (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers | Synonyms: jammies, pj's, pyjama |
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| (noun) a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries | Synonyms: pyjama |
| panjandrum | (noun) an important or influential (and often overbearing) person | Synonyms: dignitary, high-up, high muckamuck, very important person, VIP |
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| pejorative | (adjective) expressing disapproval | Synonyms: dislogistic, dyslogistic |
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| pejoratively | (adverb) in a pejorative manner | - |
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| perijove | (noun) periapsis in orbit around Jupiter | - |
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| perjure | (verb) knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury | - |
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| perjurer | (noun) a person who deliberately gives false testimony | Synonyms: false witness |
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| perjury | (noun) criminal offense of making false statements under oath | Synonyms: bearing false witness, lying under oath |
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| photojournalism | (noun) journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures | - |
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| photojournalist | (noun) a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs | - |
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| popinjay | (noun) an archaic term for a parrot | - |
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| (noun) a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) | - |
| prejudge | (verb) judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence | - |
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| prejudgement | (noun) a judgment reached before the evidence is available | Synonyms: prejudgment |
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| prejudgment | (noun) a judgment reached before the evidence is available | Synonyms: prejudgement |
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| prejudice | (noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: bias, preconception |
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| (verb) influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | Synonyms: prepossess |
| (verb) disadvantage by prejudice | - |
| prejudiced | (adjective) being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand | Synonyms: discriminatory |
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| (adjective) emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices | - |
| prejudicial | (adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas | Synonyms: prejudicious |
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| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, prejudicious |
| prejudicious | (adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas | Synonyms: prejudicial |
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| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, prejudicial |
| project | (noun) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted | Synonyms: labor, labour, task, undertaking |
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| (noun) a planned undertaking | Synonyms: projection |
| (verb) present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc. | Synonyms: propose |
| (verb) regard as objective | Synonyms: externalise, externalize |
| (verb) communicate vividly | - |
| (verb) throw, send, or cast forward | Synonyms: send off |
| (verb) transfer (ideas or principles) from one domain into another | - |
| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, see, visualise, visualize |
| (verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: contrive, design, plan |
| (verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: cast, contrive, throw |
| (verb) draw a projection of | - |
| (verb) cause to be heard | - |
| (verb) project on a screen | - |
| (verb) extend out or project in space | Synonyms: jut, jut out, protrude, stick out |
| projected | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out |
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| projectile | (adjective) impelling or impelled forward | - |
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| (noun) a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled | Synonyms: missile |
| (noun) any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine | Synonyms: rocket |
| projecting | (adjective) extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary | Synonyms: jutting, projected, protruding, relieved, sticking, sticking out |
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| projection | (noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | Synonyms: ejection, expulsion, forcing out |
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| (noun) the act of projecting out from something | Synonyms: jut, jutting, protrusion |
| (noun) any structure that branches out from a central support | - |
| (noun) the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction | - |
| (noun) a planned undertaking | Synonyms: project |
| (noun) a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations | - |
| (noun) the projection of an image from a film onto a screen | - |
| (noun) the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality | Synonyms: acoustic projection, sound projection |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else | - |
| (noun) any solid convex shape that juts out from something | - |
| projectionist | (noun) the person who operates the projector in a movie house | - |
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| projector | (noun) an optical instrument that projects an enlarged image onto a screen | - |
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| (noun) an optical device for projecting a beam of light | - |
| propjet | (noun) an airplane with an external propeller that is driven by a turbojet engine | Synonyms: turbo-propeller plane, turboprop |
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| pyjama | (noun) (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers | Synonyms: jammies, pajama, pj's |
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| (noun) a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries | Synonyms: pajama |
| raj | (noun) British dominion over India (1757-1947) | - |
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| raja | (noun) a prince or king in India | Synonyms: rajah |
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| rajah | (noun) a prince or king in India | Synonyms: raja |
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| rajanya | (noun) the second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category | - |
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| ramjet | (noun) a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed | Synonyms: atherodyde, athodyd, flying drainpipe, ramjet engine |
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| readjust | (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readapt |
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| (verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: reset |
| readjustment | (noun) the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) | - |
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| (noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: adjustment, registration |
| reject | (noun) the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality | Synonyms: cull |
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| (verb) not accept something given or offered | - |
| (verb) dismiss from consideration or a contest | Synonyms: eliminate, rule out, winnow out |
| (verb) deem wrong or inappropriate | Synonyms: disapprove |
| (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down |
| (verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: decline, pass up, refuse, turn down |
| (verb) refuse entrance or membership | Synonyms: refuse, turn away, turn down |
| (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: refuse, resist |
| rejected | (adjective) rebuffed (by a lover) without warning | Synonyms: jilted, spurned |
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| rejection | (noun) the act of rejecting something | - |
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| (noun) the speech act of rejecting | - |
| (noun) (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign | - |
| (noun) the state of being rejected | - |
| rejective | (adjective) rejecting or tending to reject | - |
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| rejig | (verb) re-equip a factory or plant | Synonyms: re-equip |
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| rejoice | (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exuberate, exult, jubilate, triumph |
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| (verb) feel happiness or joy | Synonyms: joy |
| (verb) be ecstatic with joy | Synonyms: triumph, wallow |
| rejoicing | (adjective) joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success | Synonyms: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, triumphal, triumphant |
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| (noun) the utterance of sounds expressing great joy | Synonyms: exultation, jubilation |
| (noun) a feeling of great happiness | - |
| rejoin | (verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, repay, retort, return, riposte |
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| (verb) join again | - |
| rejoinder | (noun) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) | Synonyms: comeback, counter, replication, retort, return, riposte |
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| (noun) (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication | - |
| rejuvenate | (verb) become young again | - |
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| (verb) make younger or more youthful | - |
| (verb) develop youthful topographical features | - |
| (verb) get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate | Synonyms: regenerate, restore |
| (verb) cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land | - |
| rejuvenation | (noun) the act of restoring to a more youthful condition | - |
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| (noun) the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored | Synonyms: greening |
| rejuvenescence | (noun) A renewal of youthful characteristics or vitality. | - |
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| rijstafel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstaffel, rijsttaffel |
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| rijstaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijsttaffel |
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| rijsttaffel | (noun) dish originating in Indonesia; a wide variety of foods and sauces are served with rice | Synonyms: rijstafel, rijstaffel |
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| serjeant | (noun) an English barrister of the highest rank | Synonyms: sergeant-at-law, sergeant, serjeant-at-law |
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| shoji | (noun) a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper | - |
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| showjumping | (noun) riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles | Synonyms: stadium jumping |
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| skipjack | (noun) oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito | Synonyms: Euthynnus pelamis, skipjack tuna |
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| (noun) medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna | Synonyms: Atlantic bonito, Sarda sarda |
| (noun) able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound | Synonyms: click beetle, snapping beetle |
| skyjack | (verb) subject an aircraft to air piracy | - |
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| soja | (noun) erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | Synonyms: Glycine max, soja bean, soy, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant |
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| sojourn | (noun) a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) | Synonyms: visit |
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| (verb) spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily | - |
| sojourner | (noun) a temporary resident | - |
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| steeplejack | (noun) someone who builds or maintains very tall structures | - |
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| stockjobber | (noun) one who deals only with brokers or other jobbers | - |
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| straightjacket | (noun) a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person | Synonyms: straitjacket |
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| straitjacket | (noun) a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person | Synonyms: straightjacket |
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| (noun) anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines | - |
| subjacent | (adjective) lying nearby but lower | - |
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| subject | (adjective) likely to be affected by something | - |
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| (adjective) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others | Synonyms: dependent |
| (adjective) possibly accepting or permitting | Synonyms: capable, open |
| (noun) something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation | Synonyms: content, depicted object |
| (noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject area, subject field |
| (noun) some situation or event that is thought about | Synonyms: issue, matter, topic |
| (noun) the subject matter of a conversation or discussion | Synonyms: theme, topic |
| (noun) (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated | - |
| (noun) (logic) the first term of a proposition | - |
| (noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | Synonyms: national |
| (noun) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | Synonyms: case, guinea pig |
| (verb) make accountable for | - |
| (verb) cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to | - |
| (verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | Synonyms: subjugate |
| subjection | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, conquest, subjugation |
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| (noun) forced submission to control by others | Synonyms: subjugation |
| subjective | (adjective) taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias | - |
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| (adjective) of a mental act performed entirely within the mind | Synonyms: immanent |
| subjectively | (adverb) in a subjective way | - |
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| subjectiveness | (noun) judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts | Synonyms: subjectivity |
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| subjectivism | (noun) the quality of being subjective | - |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge and value are dependent on and limited by your subjective experience | - |
| subjectivist | (noun) a person who subscribes to subjectivism | - |
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| subjectivity | (noun) judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts | Synonyms: subjectiveness |
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| subjoin | (verb) add to the end | - |
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| subjoining | (noun) the act of supplementing | Synonyms: subjunction, supplementation |
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| subjugable | (adjective) susceptible to being subjugated | Synonyms: subduable |
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| subjugate | (verb) make subservient; force to submit or subdue | Synonyms: subject |
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| (verb) put down by force or intimidation | Synonyms: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue |
| subjugated | (adjective) reduced to submission | - |
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| subjugation | (noun) the act of conquering | Synonyms: conquering, conquest, subjection |
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| (noun) the act of subjugating by cruelty | Synonyms: oppression |
| (noun) forced submission to control by others | Synonyms: subjection |
| subjugator | (noun) a conqueror who defeats and enslaves | - |
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