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• dominance through threat of punishment and violence
Example sentence • Throughout history, many countries have experienced oppressive despotisms .
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• an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
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• poisoning by ingestion of ergot-infected grain products; characterized by thirst and diarrhea and nausea and cramping and vomiting and abnormal cardiac rhythms; in severe cases it can cause seizures and gangrene of the limbs
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• a state of anticipation of sexuality
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• the quality of being exotic
Example sentence • The use of exotisms in her writing adds an intriguing element to the story.
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Example sentence • The scholar studied the helotisms present in the playwright's works.
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• the act of inducing hypnosis
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• favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)
Example sentence • The company started experiencing problems due to widespread nepotisms .
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• quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior
Example sentence • His quixotisms often led to impractical actions.
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Example sentence • The use of robotisms has revolutionized the manufacturing sector.
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• using your own body as a sexual object
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Example sentence • He impressed everyone with his extensive polyglotisms , speaking 12 languages fluently.
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Example sentence • The absurdisms in his novels often leave readers with a sense of confusion and bewilderment.
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• the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects
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• a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal
Example sentence • There are various activisms in our community, such as environmental and social activism.
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• discrimination on the basis of a person's age
9 3 Example sentence • Many critics argue that climate change alarmisms hinder constructive dialogue on the issue.
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• the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair
Example sentence • People with albinisms have very light-colored or white hair.
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• the Arabic (or decimal) system of numeration
Example sentence • Computer programs rely on complex algorisms to perform tasks efficiently.
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Example sentence • The presence of multiple alleles for the same gene leads to allelisms .
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• mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)
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Example sentence • In mathematics, amorphisms are structure-preserving mappings between algebraic objects.
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• a political theory favoring the abolition of governments
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• a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
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• an expression that is used in Great Britain (especially as contrasted with American English)
Example sentence • Some anglicisms have become fully integrated into other languages.
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• the doctrine that all natural objects and the universe itself have souls
Example sentence • Different cultures practice various forms of animisms .
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• a short pithy instructive saying
Example sentence • The book is filled with insightful aphorisms about life and love.
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• (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light
Example sentence • The Big Dipper and the Little Dipper are two well-known asterisms in the night sky.
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• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
Example sentence • The presence of atavisms in the population suggests a genetic link to our ancestors.
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• (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association
Example sentence • Scientists study atomisms to understand the physical world around us.
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Example sentence • She exhibited atropisms in her behavior, consistently moving away from social interactions.
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Example sentence • She found an old journal filled with atticisms from the 19th century.
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Example sentence • The director's signature style was evident in the film's use of auteurisms .
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• (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
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Example sentence • Studies have shown that autoecisms can greatly affect the population dynamics of organisms.
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• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth
Example sentence • There were five baptisms at the church on Sunday.
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• a brutal barbarous savage act
Example sentence • The book contains several barbarisms in its translation.
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Example sentence • He used a lot of biblicisms in his sermon.
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Example sentence • The assignment explores the phenomenon of binarisms in language and literature.
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Example sentence • I couldn't believe he stooped so low as to use blackguardisms in his argument.
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Example sentence • I love reading articles that are filled with bogyisms .
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Example sentence • He peppered his speech with boosterisms , hoping to rally the crowd.
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• domination of a political organization by a party boss
Example sentence • The bossisms that he constantly spouts are starting to annoy his employees.
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• food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly
Example sentence • Proper canning and cooking methods can prevent botulisms .
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