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'Patriotism' is to 'Country' as ______ is to 'Language'
I have been looking for a word to describe a group of people that are very loyal and passionate about their (native) language.
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Word to describe rule of nepotism
If a rule of competence is meritocracy, is there a single word to denote a rule of nepotism, such as nepocracy?
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Child is to parent as referent is to what?
The referent of a word or phrase in a sentence is the thing to which that word refers, e.g. in "The businessman greeted me," the referent of 'the businessman' is the person who said hello, and the ...
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"Bid" is to "counterbid" as "quote" is to what?
Bids and counterbids are relevant in auction scenarios. But generally, when a seller/service provider sends a quote to a customer, the customer tends to negotiate. What is the price that the customer ...
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Analog for 'side', but for front vs. rear [duplicate]
I wish to name a property that expresses whether something is in the front or at the rear. This term has to be used together with 'side' without causing ambiguity.
Much like 'side' can be left or ...
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What is the equivalent word for "flight" when riding a boat instead?
Example: My "flight" is at 2:00 PM.
I am a Filipino, and English is our second language here in the Philippines. We have 7,000+ islands here and travel by boat is very common, yet we don't have an ...
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"Race" is to "racist" as "knowledge" and "disposition" are to what words?
race → racist
freedom → fascist (for example)
knowledge → ?
disposition → ?
What's the word to describe a person who is disrespectful of your knowledge or disposition?
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"Male/female" is to "gender" as "man/woman" is to what?
What is the hypernym for man and woman? I don't think it is gender because that would've been male and female.
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"View", but for hearing
I know a lot of words, but it's driving me crazy that I can't think of one for this. I'm sure there must be one. I want to be able to say:
I had not only a great view of the ocean from that room, ...
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A name for hat collectors?
The Stack Exchange Winter Bash 2013 has me thinking about hats, as my collection is growing. I know that the terms for people who collect specific things are generally obscure, but they do exist. ...
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Looking for the land cargo equivalent of a "stevedore"
A stevedore is someone who loads/discharges cargo from the docks. I'm looking for equivalent of this occupation for inland cargo "dischargers/unloaders".
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"Created" is to "creator", and "updated" to "editor", as "deleted" is to what agent noun?
I'm modeling a database and I have these three fields (among others):
created_by,
updated_by, and
deleted_by.
I'm using author as an alias for "created_by", and editor as an alias for "updated_by". ...
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"Available" is to "availability" as "required" is to what noun?
If I want to know if an item is available, I can check for its availability.
What do I check for if I want to know if an item is required?
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Usage of the word "truancy" in a workplace context
I recently made this personal discovery of the word truancy. It means:
the action of staying away from school without good reason
I am wondering if there's a parallel to this word for workplace or ...
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"Buildings" are to "blueprints" as "units" are to what?
I am creating an indie game and since English is not my first language, I would like some help on this.
In my game, you have buildings and units (soldiers and such). The overall theme is militaristic,...
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