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This tag is for questions about choosing the best word FROM A GIVEN SELECTION for a particular context or meaning. The selection to choose from must appear in the question. If you do not know the word already, use single-word-requests.
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Is there a word to describe "being formal for the sake of being formal"?
"Formalist" could do ?
check definition here:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/formalist
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/formalist
For more negative emphasis:
"pedant"
maybe c …
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What is an official collection of laws/books/etc. called?
A pretty general word can be "digest". But I don't know if it can apply to your case (it does not seem (to me) very "official-sounding"): we should see the context. Google reports one definition: "a c …
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Is there a word that means "both micro and macro"
How about: "A general phenomenon" ? Is it too generic ?
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Word for a smart and stubborn person?
Do you like "pretentious" ?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pretentious
"making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value or standing)"
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Does not show one's potential
If you are giving it a "positive" connotation, instead of negative, perhaps these can get close:
modest, humble, unpretentious, unassuming
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A word or phrase for 'Holy grail' (a goal impossible to achieve)
Right. If you are writing an academical paper, I would entirely avoid the "holy grail" concept. In science there are no such things as "holy grails". (It would make you sound naive or not used to scie …
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Is there a term for someone who "can see multiple perspectives"?
I'd propose "man of vision".
(But not necessarily visionary, which seems to be taken with a slighly different meaning)
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Find or invent a term for "Completely intersecting minus one"
As you write it, it looks like you are talking of "substrings" (that is, pieces) of a unique given string. So "overlapped" or "mislapped" seems a particularly confusing teminology.
You might perhaps …
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