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What is a word that describes a monolithic national identity?
Something similar in French would be la jacobinisme (Jacobinism); however, I’m not looking for a political party but a phrase or word in the English lexicon.
The definition would be:
[Blank] is a noun ...
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Are there any pairs of English words that are cognate to each other yet have opposite meanings?
Alright, here's the best way I can explain this: if, hypothetically, the word pairs (love, loathe) and (friend, fiend) were cognates (i.e. they shared an etymological ancestor), they would be ...
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What is the idea called when something has happened to you but you just don't know? [duplicate]
There is a word/idea that something has happened to you, but you just don't know that it already has occured.
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Have you ever been phished before?
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1. Yes.
2. No, I have never been ...
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Words Similar to the -Smith Suffix [closed]
I am aware of -wright, which is often used as a compound, e.g. playwright. But are there any other suffixes that are synonymous or similar in meaning to -wright and -smith?
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Inverse of "Decimate" (not really a duplicate)
Historically, the word "decimate" means to "reduce/ destroy by one tenth"... i.e., a decimated army of 100 soldiers would have lost 10 soldiers.
Is there a word that means the ...
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Word for "of or to do with groups"
I appreciate this is somewhat arbitrary, but humour me! I am trying to come up with a term that describes the following...
I am working with "groups" of people. This is the informal definition, ...
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What is the P in 'nope' called?
Nope is another form of No. When we say this other form, we say p in it. What is this p called? Where did it come from?
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What word would have been used in-place of 'even' during 17th century London
Good evening, I am in the midst of completing a time-placed stageplay and I am being exceedingly pronounced on its authenticity, in accordance with the language and word-choice, to the 1660s in London....
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Is there a word for when suffixes are overly co-opted into new words?
For example:
Alcoholic -- Alcohol means... well, alcohol. The suffix "-ic" means "of or pertaining to"
Chocoholic -- Choco: a shortened form of "chocolate". The suffix "-holic" seemingly means "...
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General way to describe words like "understand", based on archaic senses of their component parts
The word "understand" is fascinating. A surface parse of the word gives little insight into how the components are related to the concept associated with the word. In contrast, with words like "...
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What's the -nym for describing a time of day or a period of time?
We have these...
Morning, afternoon, evening, night, day, and it's like night and day
Midnight and noon, and high noon
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Earlier, later, and now
Four O'Clock
2300 hours
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Word request (historical) - net worn by ancient soldiers
I am looking for a word for a net worn by soldiers in ancient times hanging down from their helmets, sometimes too long as resting on shoulders. (Please, refer to the picture annotated by red arrow ...
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Daily in terms of annual [closed]
A frequency of events can be expressed using annual (once per year).
Also prefixes can be applied to increase the frequency during the year:
biannual (twice per year), triannual (thrice per year), etc....
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Why is there paternal, for fatherly, fraternal, for brotherly, but no similar word for sons?
If paternal is "relating to someone's parents", and fraternal "relating to someone's brothers", is there, or why isn't there, a word for "relating to someone's sons", i.e: sunternal
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Is there a word for "invented words that are a natural extrapolation of etymology"
In "(India)" english, there is a word "prepone", which is the opposite of "postpone".
It's interesting that this word appears in a non-native dialect of English (although that's debatable given the ...
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