absolutisation | (noun) the process of rendering something absolute or converting it into an absolute. | Synonyms: absolutization |
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acclimatisation | (noun) adaptation to a new climate (a new temperature or altitude or environment) | Synonyms: acclimation, acclimatization |
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accusation | (noun) a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt | Synonyms: accusal |
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(noun) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence | Synonyms: charge |
accusative | (adjective) serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes | Synonyms: objective |
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(adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusatory, accusing, accusive |
(noun) the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb | Synonyms: accusative case, objective case |
accusatorial | (adjective) specifically indicating a form of prosecution in which one is publicly accused of and tried for a crime and in which the judge is not also the prosecutor | - |
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accusatory | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusing, accusive |
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actualisation | (noun) making real or giving the appearance of reality | Synonyms: actualization, realisation, realization |
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adversative | (adjective) expressing antithesis or opposition | Synonyms: oppositive |
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aftersensation | (noun) an image (usually a negative image) that persists after stimulation has ceased | Synonyms: afterimage |
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alphabetisation | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetization |
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alsatian | (noun) breed of large shepherd dogs used in police work and as a guide for the blind | Synonyms: German police dog, German shepherd, German shepherd dog |
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amortisation | (noun) payment of an obligation in a series of installments or transfers | Synonyms: amortization |
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(noun) the reduction of the value of an asset by prorating its cost over a period of years | Synonyms: amortization |
anathematisation | (noun) the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed | Synonyms: anathematization |
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animalisation | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalization, brutalisation, brutalization |
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antisatellite | (adjective) of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit | Synonyms: ASAT |
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atomisation | (noun) separating something into fine particles | Synonyms: atomization, fragmentation |
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(noun) annihilation by reducing something to atoms | Synonyms: atomization |
authorisation | (noun) the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant | Synonyms: authorization, empowerment |
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(noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authority, authorization, dominance, potency, say-so |
(noun) official permission or approval | Synonyms: authority, authorization, sanction |
(noun) a document giving an official instruction or command | Synonyms: authorization, mandate |
barbarisation | (noun) an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized | Synonyms: barbarization |
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bastardisation | (noun) an act that debases or corrupts | Synonyms: bastardization |
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bowdlerisation | (noun) the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent | Synonyms: bowdlerization |
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(noun) written material that has been bowdlerized | Synonyms: bowdlerization |
brutalisation | (noun) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities | Synonyms: animalisation, animalization, brutalization |
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(noun) the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously | Synonyms: brutalization |
(noun) the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner | Synonyms: brutalization |
calorisator | (noun) an apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion. | Synonyms: calorizator |
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canalisation | (noun) the production of a canal or a conversion to canals | Synonyms: canalization |
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(noun) management through specified channels of communication | Synonyms: canalization, channelisation, channelization |
cannulisation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulization, canulation, canulisation, canulization, intubation |
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canonisation | (noun) (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints | Synonyms: canonization |
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canulisation | (noun) the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ | Synonyms: cannulation, cannulisation, cannulization, canulation, canulization, intubation |
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capitalisation | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalization |
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(noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalization |
(noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalization |
(noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalization |
carbonisation | (noun) the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens) | Synonyms: carbonization |
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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 |
catheterisation | (noun) the operation of introducing a catheter into the body | Synonyms: catheterization |
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causation | (noun) the act of causing something to happen | Synonyms: causing |
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causative | (adjective) producing an effect | - |
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cauterisation | (noun) the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing | Synonyms: cauterization, cautery |
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centralisation | (noun) the act of consolidating power under a central control | Synonyms: centralization |
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(noun) gathering to a center | Synonyms: centralization |
cessation | (noun) a stopping | Synonyms: surcease |
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channelisation | (noun) management through specified channels of communication | Synonyms: canalisation, canalization, channelization |
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characterisation | (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
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(noun) the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features | Synonyms: characterization |
circularisation | (noun) circulating printed notices as a means of advertising | Synonyms: circularization |
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civilisation | (noun) the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste | Synonyms: civilization, refinement |
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(noun) a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations) | Synonyms: civilization |
(noun) a particular society at a particular time and place | Synonyms: civilization, culture |
(noun) the social process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization | Synonyms: civilization |
collectivisation | (noun) the organization of a nation or economy on the basis of collectivism | Synonyms: collectivization |
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colonisation | (noun) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | Synonyms: colonization, settlement |
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commercialisation | (noun) the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce | Synonyms: commercialization |
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communisation | (noun) the organization of a nation of the basis of communism | Synonyms: communization |
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(noun) a change from private property to public property owned by the community | Synonyms: communization |
(noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communization, nationalisation, nationalization |
compartmentalisation | (noun) the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type | Synonyms: assortment, categorisation, categorization, classification, compartmentalization |
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(noun) a mild state of dissociation | Synonyms: compartmentalization |
compensate | (verb) make payment to; compensate | Synonyms: recompense, remunerate |
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(verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: indemnify, recompense, repair |
(verb) do or give something to somebody in return | Synonyms: make up, pay, pay off |
(verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: correct, redress, right |
(verb) adjust for | Synonyms: correct, counterbalance, even off, even out, even up, make up |
(verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: cover, overcompensate |
compensated | (adjective) receiving or eligible for compensation | Synonyms: remunerated, salaried, stipendiary |
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compensation | (noun) the act of compensating for service or loss or injury | Synonyms: recompense |
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(noun) something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury) | - |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors | - |
conceptualisation | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualization, formulation |
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(noun) an elaborated concept | Synonyms: conceptuality, conceptualization |
condensate | (noun) atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold | Synonyms: condensation |
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(noun) a product of condensation | - |
condensation | (noun) the act of increasing the density of something | Synonyms: condensing |
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(noun) (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams | - |
(noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, capsule |
(noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: compression, contraction |
(noun) atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold | Synonyms: condensate |
(noun) the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state | - |
conventionalisation | (noun) the act of conventionalizing; conforming to a conventional style | Synonyms: conventionalization |
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conversation | (noun) the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc. | - |
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conversational | (adjective) characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation | Synonyms: colloquial |
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conversationalist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationist, schmoozer |
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conversationally | (adverb) with the use of colloquial expressions | Synonyms: colloquially, informally |
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conversationist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationalist, schmoozer |
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criminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something illegal | Synonyms: criminalization |
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crystallisation | (noun) the formation of crystals | Synonyms: crystallization, crystallizing |
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decentalisation | (noun) the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts | Synonyms: decentralization |
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decentralisation | (noun) the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments | Synonyms: decentralization |
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decimalisation | (noun) the act of changing to a decimal system | Synonyms: decimalization |
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decolonisation | (noun) the action of changing from colonial to independent status | Synonyms: decolonization |
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decriminalisation | (noun) legislation that makes something legal that was formerly illegal | Synonyms: decriminalization |
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decussate | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: intersectant, intersecting |
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(verb) cross or intersect so as to form a cross | - |
decussation | (noun) an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X | Synonyms: chiasm, chiasma |
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dehumanisation | (noun) the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities | Synonyms: dehumanization |
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demagnetisation | (noun) the process of removing magnetization | Synonyms: demagnetization |
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demineralisation | (noun) the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water) | Synonyms: demineralization |
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(noun) abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone) | Synonyms: demineralization |
demobilisation | (noun) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops | Synonyms: demobilization |
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democratisation | (noun) the action of making something democratic | Synonyms: democratization |
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demonetisation | (noun) ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country | Synonyms: demonetization |
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demonisation | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonization |
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demoralisation | (noun) destroying the moral basis for a doctrine or policy | Synonyms: demoralization |
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(noun) depression resulting from an undermining of your morale | Synonyms: demoralization |
(noun) a state of disorder and confusion | Synonyms: demoralization |
demythologisation | (noun) the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms | Synonyms: demythologization |
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denationalisation | (noun) changing something from state to private ownership or control | Synonyms: denationalization, privatisation, privatization |
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depersonalisation | (noun) representing a human being as a physical thing deprived of personal qualities or individuality | Synonyms: depersonalization, reification |
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(noun) emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness | Synonyms: depersonalisation disorder, depersonalisation neurosis, depersonalization, depersonalization disorder, depersonalization neurosis |
(noun) (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine | Synonyms: depersonalization |
depolarisation | (noun) a loss of polarity or polarization | Synonyms: depolarization |
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desalinisation | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinization |
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desensitisation | (noun) the process of reducing sensitivity | Synonyms: desensitization |
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destabilisation | (noun) the action of destabilizing; making something less stable (especially of a government or country or economy) | Synonyms: destabilization |
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destalinisation | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinization |
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desynchronisation | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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detribalisation | (noun) the decline or termination of tribal organization | Synonyms: detribalization |
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(noun) the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living | Synonyms: detribalization |
devitalisation | (noun) the act of reducing the vitality of something | Synonyms: devitalization |
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diagonalisation | (noun) changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal) | Synonyms: diagonalization |
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dichotomisation | (noun) the act of dividing into two sharply different categories | Synonyms: dichotomization |
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digitalisation | (noun) the administration of digitalis for the treatment of certain heart disorders | Synonyms: digitalization |
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digitisation | (noun) conversion of analog information into digital information | Synonyms: digitization |
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disorganisation | (noun) the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion | Synonyms: disorganization |
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(noun) a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted | Synonyms: disarrangement, disorganization |
dispensation | (noun) the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) | - |
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(noun) an exemption from some rule or obligation | - |
(noun) a share that has been dispensed or distributed | - |
dissatisfaction | (noun) the feeling of being displeased and discontent | - |
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dissatisfactory | (adjective) not up to expectations | Synonyms: disappointing, unsatisfying |
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dissatisfied | (adjective) in a state of sulky dissatisfaction | Synonyms: disgruntled |
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dissatisfy | (verb) fail to satisfy | - |
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dramatisation | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatization |
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(noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatization |
enthronisation | (noun) the ceremony of installing a new monarch | Synonyms: coronation, enthronement, enthronization, investiture |
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equalisation | (noun) the act of making equal or uniform | Synonyms: equalization, leveling |
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ersatz | (adjective) artificial and inferior | Synonyms: substitute |
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(noun) an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation | - |
excusatory | (adjective) offering or expressing apology | Synonyms: apologetic |
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extemporisation | (noun) a performance given extempore without planning or preparation | Synonyms: extemporization, improvisation |
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