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Word for when someone intentionally ignores someone's valid excuse from a punishment and then enforces that punishment anyway?
Is there a word (or legal term) for when someone (usually an authority figure) intentionally does not acknowledge a person's justification from an adverse action, then enforces that adverse action ...
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Word/expression for the inherent ambiguity or difficulty of defining what constitutes a good outcome
TL;DR: I am in a need of a good, precise word or an expression capturing the notion that a computer science problem P remains open (just) because it is virtually impossible to specify/define what a ...
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Is there an expression for ‘bad news’ when meant literally for negative news we get from the media?
We are checking bad news every day. Should we constantly be informed
about all that _______ ?
I need an idiom or expression for a context like the above.
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"Agriculture" including only plants and excluding animals
In English, "agriculture" includes the cultivation of both plants and animals for food. In some languages, a cognate such as "agricultura" (in Spanish) may contemplate only plants ...
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Single medical term for "taking a pulse"
I have been searching for a technical/medical term to use in place of "taking a pulse". I see some texts use "palpatory measurements" in place of the colloquial "taking a ...
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Trying to help but ending up causing more harm than good [duplicate]
I'm writing a paper on Romeo and Juliet and how Frair Lawrence and the Nurse are to blame for Romeo and Juliet's deaths and I'm looking for a word. I've looked at other posts but I just see the same ...
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Word(s) to describe persons that leave a company and have a lot of information in their heads that is lost [duplicate]
What would you call the situation/a person with a lot of knowledge about a company that leaves the company, and the information is no longer available because the person left?
I'd like to use the word(...
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What's the nuances when using "modicum"? Can I say "a modicum of coffee"?
I came across this word modicum, which seems a fancy way of saying a little bit.
What's the nuances when using it?
Can I say "a modicum of coffee"? -- I usually order latte with tiny amount ...
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Effect called when humans overvalue one good event after series of Bad events and Overexaggeration one single bad event after series of Good events
What is the effect called on humans when
When you have seen series of bad events happen to you, and then the next tend to overvalue an negligible good thing happening as a gratitude or grand success ...
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Reason, Discourse and Language
Reason (as in the cognitive skill, human property, logic latu sensu, thought) is translated in Greek as Λόγος.
But Λογος is also the ability and the skill of persons to speak, write and word their ...
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How do we say we are not using a template?
What is the opposite of using a template for something?
For example:
Should I use a template for this or am I free to follow my own format?
I would like to put it more eloquently/elegantly.
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What is the word for words that are 'two sides of the same coin'?
What is the word for words that are 'two sides of the same coin' as they are not always opposites... such as heads and tails.
Complement?
An example would be ball and strike in baseball. They are the ...
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Is there an alternative term for "boyfriend" when talking about an elderly man? [duplicate]
An acquaintance of mine referred to her mother, aged 95, as having a "boyfriend", aged 104, in their assisted living facility. I find this word in this context inappropriate.
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Is there a more British way to talk about tackling problems?
I can see that the Cambridge Dictionary is at least aware of the use of tackle meaning "come to grips with a problem" and I can see that the Sunday Times has used it on occasion. It still ...
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A word, gesture or expression for a confident "shrug"
I am trying to look for a word, gesture or expression that represents a state of confident not knowing. So far I am using a shrug for this but when used often it starts to come off as very apathetic ...
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