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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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The difference between fight for and fight against
You fight for what is dear to you and fight against what threatens you.
You could dispense with "battle" and write "people fight for their online privacy".
Alternatively, "people fight against erosi …
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What is the male form of fashionista?
The word looks like it's based on Italian, which has in turn borrowed the term, to the Italian word is now also "fashionista"!
The "-ista" ending, eg "chitarrista" (guitarist), "pianista" "acquarelli …
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