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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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What is a word to describe one's thoughts that sound logical and reasonable but, in reality,...
The word you may want to consider is sophist. What they do is called sophistry or sophism.
https://www.lexico.com/definition/sophist
A paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric in Greece in the Class …
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Is there a word that can describe all real people and fictional characters?
I think the word "character" fits your purposes. That is what they are usually called.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney%27s_Beauty_and_the_Beast_characters
Or "persona", maybe... ( …
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Word for "words whose origin is another, misheard word"?
I think you may be referring to a type of folk etymology called "phono-semantic matching"
HERE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phono-semantic_matching
"A few PSMs exist in English, based on French lo …
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Is there a word for 'I don't know you but I don't like you'?
I'm curious about the part of speech you're looking for...
I think you can consider words like aversion or antipathy. Allergy/Allergic to might also be useful.
EDIT: Also be biased against and feel …
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Looking for a word that means encouragement but for ants, a word play
I do not quite get what you mean by "corner where we give encouragement to each other" - possibly a cultural gap :) - but maybe you can work with sth. along the lines of (Instant) Assistant(s)?
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What would you call a person who is adored because of their flaws, not despite them?
Off top of my head, I'd go with:
enfant terrible: a person who is unconventional, controversial, antisocial sometimes, maybe even "evil" in some way; however, they are usually loved, or at leas …
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