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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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Word for the collectively leadership and important roles in a society
A word that comes to mind is aristocracy.
From the Wikipedia link:
The aristocracy[1] is historically associated with "hereditary" or "ruling" social class. In many states, the aristocracy included t …
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An idiom or term that pertains to defending and praising popular people just because they ar...
The first word that comes to mind is star-struck.
From the online Cambridge dictionary:
feeling great or too much respect for famous or important people, especially famous actors or performers
It wo …
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Word for version number that counts backwards
So if we start with a version of a document, when a new version is published, the original one has a property that increases, we seem to be looking for something that increases over time.
I would say …
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Area of the body between legs and genitals?
That area is the perineum (wikipedia):
perineum
The perineum is the space between the anus and scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva in the female
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Annual is to yearly as _____ is to monthly
At least Merriam-Webster lists mensual for monthly as an adjective, as in a mensual fee.
For the adverb, that would mean you could use mensually, as in, I pay mensually.
Although I recognise the wor …
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What's a neutral and popular patriotic term for one's country?
The most neutral option seems to be homeland, but I understand the association with the United States.
Why not use the slightly less poetic alternative to land to avoid that association, and go for h …
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" I am at John " Can this mean that I am very near to him?
You're at a place, and John is not a place. If you say I'm at John, people will think you made a mistake and you mean you're at John's.
If you are near to John, you can just say that: I'm near to Joh …
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Dirt in the edibles
I think you simply mean
There is dirt in my food.
When talking about dirt, we usually do not refer to individual particles of it, and edible stuff is commonly called food.
As for the result of …
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Is female an acceptable term to describe a woman?
Yes, many people will consider it rude to refer to a woman as a female, although I do notice people doing it. Interestingly, I don't hear men referred to as males as often...
Now what makes it offensi …
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What is the word for: "transform into words"?
One verb may be verbalize:
to express in words:
He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
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Word for future income that will no longer come
One word seems difficult, but this is usually described as lost income or lost revenue. Losing in this case does not mean you had it, and lost it, but rather that you expected to receive it, but you d …
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What would you call the stylistic omission of punctuation?
The first thing that came to mind was James Joyce, and more specifically Ulysses, where he uses a narrative technique called stream of consciousness:
In literary criticism, stream of consciousness …
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Ranting against a poorly understood concept
You example immediatley brings to mind bigot, although that is not necessarily based on ignorance or misinformation:
a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions …
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What to call women whose husbands are biological brothers?
Consider the following family tree, where M1 and M2 are male siblings (brothers). They both get married (to two women, very traditional).
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F1 x M1 M2 x F2
Now: …
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