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This tag is for questions seeking a single word that fits a meaning. To ensure that your question is not closed as off-topic, please be specific about the intended use of the word. INCLUDE A SAMPLE SENTENCE demonstrating how the word would be used. Click on "Info", or "View Tag" and "Learn more..." for more information. Please use the [phrase-requests] tag if you seek a phrase and the [terminology] tag if you seek a term in a specialized subject also.
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Formal, scientific or mathematical word describing the discrimination between "multiple-choi...
I believe you are referring to quantifiers. In natural language, quantifiers are words or phrases like each, any, all, one, some, several, many, a few of, lots of, and more. These words indicate the …
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What is a word to describe a lifestyle of few possessions?
I think you are looking for spartan, given by Merriam-Webster as defintion 2b:
often not capitalized : marked by simplicity, frugality, or avoidance of luxury and comfort a Spartan room
Note th …
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A less metaphorical word for 'losing game'?
You don't specify, but if the scenario results from contradictory or paradoxical outcomes from either choice, you could call that a catch-22.
Derived from a 1960s novel of the same name, the canonica …
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Is there a word to describe the feelings of a flatterer?
John is gratified by his praise of Mary.
From M-W:
2: to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to
//it gratified him to have his wife wear jewels
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The term for the person/group a political party aligns themselves with to appear concerned a...
The people appearing on stage are the speaker's pawns. Consider the definitions from Merriam-Webster:
1 : one of the chessmen of least value having the power to move only forward ordinarily one squa …
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Gender-neutral equivalent of "Man of the world"
It is not a perfect match, but cosmopolitan, in the sense of definitions #1 and #5 (depending on whether adjective or noun) in the link, is close to fitting your meaning:
adj: free from local, provin …
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word for "make money off of an event or situation/use situation as an opportunity for person...
From Merriam-Webster: Capitalize - intransitive verb: to gain by turning something to advantage (capitalize on an opponent's mistake)
In your example:
“Still, he shouldn’t capitalize upon our misfor …
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Is there a word that states--I admit I lack knowledge and understanding of what it is like t...
This sounds like one of the several meanings of insular:
separated from other people or cultures : not knowing or interested in new or different ideas
(link and text from Merriam-Webster)
Per your d …
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A verb for giving motivation for a topic
Try this:
Our research on the cultural history of industrial adhesives is driven by the entire lack of scientific literature on that topic.
From Merriam-Webster, this usage most fits the second defi …
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Term for a roof pitch viewed from inside (Image included)
Your desk is next to a dormer window in an upper half-storey.
Your desk sits within an upper half-storey. It also happens to be next to a skylight style window.
Sources:
dormer at Merrian-Webster …
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A specific word for "oblivious to love"
I don't think there is an exact such word, but you might come close with "aloof:"
Aloof: at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart:
They always stood aloof from their classmates.
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If living in the countryside is rural, what do you call living by the sea?
The word you want is littoral:
Of or on a shore, especially a seashore: a littoral property; the littoral biogeographic zone.
UPDATE: I'd actually like express appreciation to the down-voters …
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Name for newly joined employees
In the world of human resources (at least in the United States) the terms "joiner processing" and "leaver processing" are in common use. Some places even have a "mover process" for promotions and tra …
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One word for a strategy good for each of the cases and a strategy good for only few of the c...
The two words you need are strategy and tactic. The word strategy by itself implies a wide-ranging plan, covering a multitude of scenarios, while tactic is a more narrow-focused, short-term plan to a …
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I need a word for things not going your way
If you are okay with being slightly crude, try:
Some days you're the dog, other days you're the hydrant.
This idiom follows from the fact that dogs very stereotypically urinate upon fire hydrant …
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