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• the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
Example sentence • Many modern democracies have a system of checks and balances.
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• the jurisdiction or office of an abbot
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• a political system governed by a single individual
Example sentence • Historically, autocracies have been characterized by an authoritarian rule.
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• the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
Example sentence • The delegates discussed the importance of preserving cultural delegacies .
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• capacity or power to produce a desired effect
Example sentence • The efficacies of different medicines vary depending on the individual.
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• a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
Example sentence • Many people believe in fallacies such as superstitions and urban legends.
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• the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will
Example sentence • The lawyer was tasked with resolving the intestacies of the deceased millionaire's estate.
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• close or warm friendship
Example sentence • They shared deep intimacies during their relationship.
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• marked by elaborately complex detail
Example sentence • She spent hours unraveling the intricacies of the mystery novel.
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• (law) a gift of personal property by will
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• the ability to read and write
Example sentence • Digital literacies are essential for navigating the modern world.
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• obsolete terms for legal insanity
Example sentence • His speech was filled with utter lunacies .
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• the position of magistrate
Example sentence • In ancient Rome, the city was governed by several magistracies .
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• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Example sentence • Historically, monocracies often result in authoritarian rule.
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• skill with numbers and mathematics
Example sentence • Linguistic numeracies play a significant role in data analysis.
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• resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible
Example sentence • Despite her friends urging her to apologize, she held onto her obduracies .
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• the government of the Roman Catholic Church
Example sentence • Throughout history, there have been numerous papacies that have shaped the course of the Catholic Church.
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• the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines
Example sentence • There are several pharmacies in my neighborhood.
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• Government by plantation owners.
Example sentence • In plantocracies , decisions and policies are made based on the interests of plants.
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• a political system governed by the wealthy people
Example sentence • Many argue that modern democracies are in danger of becoming plutocracies , as economic inequality increases.
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Example sentence • There are many prelacies in the Catholic Church.
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• the state of being first in importance
Example sentence • The primacies of the Catholic Church include the pope's authority and the sacraments.
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• the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
Example sentence • We must respect people's privacies .
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• the trait of spending extravagantly
Example sentence • His profligacies left him in financial ruin.
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• power to dominate or defeat
Example sentence • The United States and Russia both sought global supremacies during the Cold War.
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Example sentence • Many celebrities have chosen surrogacies to expand their families.
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• a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)
Example sentence • Some ancient civilizations, such as ancient Egypt and ancient Mesopotamia, were theocracies .
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• (Platonism) A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.
Example sentence • Ancient Sparta and Crete were both considered timocracies , as only certain citizens were allowed to participate in government based on their wealth.
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• the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance
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Example sentence • The conference addressed the issue of aliteracies in the education system.
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• biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use
Example sentence • The biopiracies committed by certain pharmaceutical companies have had severe implications for indigenous communities.
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• the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man)
Example sentence • The effeminacies displayed by the male models on the runway were unconventional but intriguing.
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• a political system governed by a woman
Example sentence • Some ancient civilizations were said to have practiced gynecocracies .
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• ignorance resulting from not reading
Example sentence • Low literacy rates contribute to high illiteracies in the community.
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Example sentence • The book exposed the innumeracies in the government's budget report.
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• lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
Example sentence • The legal system ensures the legitimacies of contracts.
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• a form of social system in which power goes to those with superior intellects
Example sentence • Some believe that meritocracies provide equal opportunities for everyone.
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Example sentence • There have been rumors of noncandidacies for the upcoming election.
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Example sentence • Digital subliteracies are becoming increasingly important in today's technology-driven world.
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• a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)
Example sentence • Her constant jealousies caused a strain on their relationship.
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• the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals
Example sentence • We learned about the metaphorical metamorphoses in Kafka's novel 'The Metamorphosis'.
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• massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout
Example sentence • There are five species of rhinoceroses in the world.
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• a disorder of the glands of the body
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• the attribute of being so near as to be touching
Example sentence • The map shows the adjacencies between countries in Europe.
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• abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues
Example sentence • Respiratory alkaloses are caused by excessive breathing.
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• partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye; caused by disease of optic nerve or retina or brain
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