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Is there a specialized term for intellectual people who do not care about their own physical comfort?
Someone told me that there is a medical/psychological term describing people who are mostly centered on their intellect and who do not care much about their physical comfort. That person could not ...
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Term for the sense that something must be true because many people talk about it
Is there an English term for the sense some people have that something "must be true" because many people talk about it, for example, a politician being corrupt or the Mayan 2012 event?
The closest I ...
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How to formally state that parents have not raised their children well
I'm writing an article about the family and how it can change a person's life in the future.
I need a word that tells the readers about a family in which the parents have not been good enough to ...
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Is there a word or phrase for the feeling you get after looking at a word for too long?
(Perhaps this only happens to me, but I doubt it.)
Sometimes after looking at a word for a while, I become convinced that it can't possibly be spelled correctly. Even after looking it up, sounding ...
