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conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
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appropriateness to the purpose or circumstances; suitability.
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rightness or justness.
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the proprieties, the conventional standards of proper behavior; manners: to observe the proprieties.
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Obsolete . a property.
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Obsolete . a peculiarity or characteristic of something.
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Thermodynamics .
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(on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy.
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(in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S
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(in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.
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(in cosmology) a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death).
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a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.
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shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
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like brass, as in sound, color, or strength.
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an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
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a genealogical table, chart, list, or record, especially of a purebred animal.
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distinguished, excellent, or pure ancestry.
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derivation, origin, or history: the pedigree of a word.
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coolness of mind; calmness; composure: They committed the robbery with complete sang-froid. |
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of or pertaining to a city; municipal: civic problems.
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of or pertaining to citizenship; civil: civic duties.
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of citizens: civic pride.
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a breaker or destroyer of images, especially those set up for religious veneration.
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a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
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surroundings, especially of a social or cultural nature: a snobbish milieu. |
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uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
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Psychology . the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.
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a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay. |
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of, pertaining to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial obedience.
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noting or having the relation of a child to a parent.
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Genetics . pertaining to the sequence of generations following the parental generation, each generation being designated by an F followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence.
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1. Of or characteristic of an epoch.
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a. Highly significant or important; momentous: epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill.
b. Without parallel: epochal stupidity.
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1. To grow together; fuse.
2. To come together so as to form one whole; unite: The rebel units coalesced into one army to fight the invaders. See Synonyms at mix.
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1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
2. Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium.
3. A cause of shame or disgrace.
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1. To divest of covering; make bare.
2. Geology To expose (rock strata) by erosion.
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warlike; aggressive; ready to fight
[from Latin bellicōsus, from bellum war]
bellicosely adv
bellicosity [ˌbɛlɪˈkɒsɪtɪ] n
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