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a. A meeting of the local members of a political party especially to select delegates to a convention or register preferences for candidates running for office.
b. A closed meeting of party members within a legislative body to decide on questions of policy or leadership. |
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| Having logical precise relevance to the matter at hand. |
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1. Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory: felt it was incumbent on us all to help.
2. Lying, leaning, or resting on something else: incumbent rock strata.
3. Currently holding a specified office: the incumbent mayor. |
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1. Of or relating to basic facts or principles; elementary.
2. Being in the earliest stages of development; incipient.
3. Biology Imperfectly or incompletely developed; embryonic: a rudimentary beak. |
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v. snowed, snow·ing, snows
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To fall as or in snow.
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1. To cover, shut off, or close off with snow: We were snowed in.
2. Slang To overwhelm with insincere talk, especially with flattery. |
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| knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight. |
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1. A drunken spree or revel.
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a. A period of unrestrained, immoderate self-indulgence.
b. A period of excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food or drink: an eating binge.
intr.v. binged, bing·ing or binge·ing, bing·es
1. To be immoderately self-indulgent and unrestrained: "The story is like a fever dream that a disturbed and imaginative city-dweller might have after binging on comics" (Lloyd Rose).
2. To engage in excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in food or drink. |
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1. a member of the middle class, esp one regarded as being conservative and materialistic or (in Marxist thought) a capitalist exploiting the working class
2. a mediocre, unimaginative, or materialistic person
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3. characteristic of, relating to, or comprising the middle class
4. conservative or materialistic in outlook: a bourgeois mentality
5. (in Marxist thought) dominated by capitalists or capitalist interests |
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1. The state of being liquid.
2. The quality of being readily convertible into cash: an investment with high liquidity.
3. Available cash or the capacity to obtain it on demand: a bank that is increasing its liquidity by shortening the average term of its loans.
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) the possession of sufficient liquid assets to discharge current liabilities |
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1. Impeccably clean; spotless. See Synonyms at clean.
2. Free from stain or blemish; pure.
3. Free from fault or error: an immaculate record.
4. Having no markings. |
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1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble: the meager soil of an eroded plain.
3. Having little flesh; lean. |
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| 1. a businessperson of great wealth and power; magnate. |
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1. a whip or lash, especially for the infliction of punishment or torture.
2. a person or thing that applies or administers punishment or severe criticism.
3. a cause of affliction or calamity: Disease and famine are scourges of humanity. |
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1. produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin.
2. abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked: a wry mouth.
3. devious in course or purpose; misdirected.
4. contrary; perverse.
5. distorted or perverted, as in meaning.
6. bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry remark. |
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1. courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
2. invigorating the heart; stimulating.
3. sincere; heartfelt: a cordial dislike.
4. Archaic . of or pertaining to the heart.
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5. a strong, sweetened, aromatic alcoholic liquor; liqueur.
6. a stimulating medicine.
7. anything that invigorates or exhilarates. |
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exceptional valor, bravery, or ability, especially in combat or battle.
2. exceptional or superior ability, skill, or strength: his prowess as a public speaker.
3. a valiant or daring deed. |
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1. lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory: the ephemeral joys of childhood.
2. lasting but one day: an ephemeral flower.
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3. anything short-lived, as certain insects. |
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1. tending to float in a fluid.
2. capable of keeping a body afloat, as a liquid.
3. not easily depressed; cheerful.
4. cheering or invigorating. |
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1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: He looked askance at my offer.
2. with a side glance; sidewise; obliquely. |
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1. a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
2. ( lowercase ) a person who is strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so. |
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1. Mathematics . a number that is to be divided by a divisor.
2. Law . a sum out of an insolvent estate paid to creditors.
3. Finance .
a. a pro-rata share in an amount to be distributed.
b. a sum of money paid to shareholders of a corporation out of earnings.
4. Insurance . (in participating insurance) a distribution to a policyholder of a portion of the premium not needed by the company to pay claims or to meet expenses.
5. a share of anything divided.
6. anything received as a bonus, reward, or in addition to or beyond what is expected: Swimming is fun, and gives you the dividend of better health. |
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1. of or pertaining to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
2. Archaic . pertaining to the internal affairs of a state or nation rather than to international affairs. |
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1. of, pertaining to, or like the feudal system, or its political, military, social, and economic structure.
2. of or pertaining to the Middle Ages.
3. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a fief or fee: a feudal estate.
4. of or pertaining to the holding of land in a fief or fee. |
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1. of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances.
2. of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations.
3. having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds.
4. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person.
5. showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge.
6. of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind: petty states; a petty tyrant. |
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1. a means of connection; tie; link.
2. a connected series or group.
3. the core or center, as of a matter or situation.
4. Cell Biology . a specialized area of the cell membrane involved in intercellular communication and adhesion. |
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| to revive, especially from apparent death or from unconsciousness. |
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1. easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
2. readily trained or taught; teachable. |
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1. to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one: The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
2. to exchange for another or for something else; give and take reciprocally; interchange.
3. to change: to commute base metal into gold.
4. to change (one kind of payment) into or for another, as by substitution. |
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| Pronatalism or simply natalism is an ideology promoting child-bearing, which may include limited access to abortion and contraception, as well as financial and social incentives for the population, particularly natives without recent immigrant heritage, to reproduce. |
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1. the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class.
2. (in Marxist theory) the class of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive.
3. the lowest or poorest class of people, possessing no property, especially in ancient Rome. |
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1. to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon ): to impinge upon the imagination; social pressures that impinge upon one's daily life.
2. to encroach; infringe (usually followed by on or upon ): to impinge on another's rights.
3. to strike; dash; collide (usually followed by on, upon, or against ): rays of light impinging on the eye. |
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1. great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
2. intense heat. |
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1. one following or behind the other: to drive horses tandem.
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2. having animals, seats, parts, etc., arranged tandem or one behind another.
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3. a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
4. tandem bicycle.
5. tandem trailer ( def. 1 ) .
6. a team of horses harnessed one behind the other.
7. a two-wheeled carriage with a high driver's seat, drawn by two or more horses so harnessed.
8. any of various mechanisms having a tandem arrangement.
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9. in tandem,
a. in single file: They swam in tandem.
b. in association or partnership. |
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1. of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
2. not pertaining to or connected with religion ( opposed to sacred): secular music.
3. (of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects.
4. (of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order; not bound by monastic vows ( opposed to regular).
5. occurring or celebrated once in an age or century: the secular games of Rome.
6. going on from age to age; continuing through long ages. |
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1. of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
2. clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd: an astute merchandising program; an astute manipulation of facts. |
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1. economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager.
2. entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal. |
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1. to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property.
2. to wish for, especially eagerly: He won the prize they all coveted. |
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1. a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream).
2. Usually, reams. a large quantity: He has written reams of poetry. |
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| an important person, especially an official: senators and other political bigwigs. |
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1. Law .
a. the place of a crime or cause of action.
b. the county or place where the jury is gathered and the cause tried.
c. the designation, in the pleading, of the jurisdiction where a trial will be held.
d. the statement naming the place and person before whom an affidavit was sworn.
2. the scene or locale of any action or event.
3. the position taken by a person engaged in argument or debate; ground. |
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to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation.
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to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively. |
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a state of society without government or law.
2.
political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control: The death of the king was followed by a year of anarchy.
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a theory that regards the absence of all direct or coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society. |
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a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season.
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( usually initial capital letter ) the coming of Christ into the world.
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( initial capital letter ) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world. |
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to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
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to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth ). |
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held completely, permanently, and inalienably: vested rights.
2.
protected or established by law, commitment, tradition, ownership, etc.: vested contributions to a fund.
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clothed or robed, especially in ecclesiastical vestments: a vested priest. |
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a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
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such an avenue or passage, especially when formally planned.
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a far-reaching mental view: vistas of the future. |
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| a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar. |
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| existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent: ubiquitous fog; ubiquitous little ants. |
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presenting favorable conditions; favorable: propitious weather.
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indicative of favor; auspicious: propitious omens.
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favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors or forgive: propitious gods. |
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1.
free from local, provincial, or national ideas, prejudices, or attachments; at home all over the world.
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of or characteristic of a cosmopolite.
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belonging to all the world; not limited to just one part of the world. |
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1.
no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
2.
of a discarded or outmoded type; out of date: an obsolete battleship.
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(of a linguistic form) no longer in use, especially, out of use for at least the past century. Compare archaic. |
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at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
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reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested: Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being aloof. |
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keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
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an agreeable or piquant flavor imparted to something.
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anything added to impart flavor, enhance one's appreciation, etc. |
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an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility: the graceful amenities of society.
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any feature that provides comfort, convenience, or pleasure: The house has a swimming pool, two fireplaces, and other amenities.
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the quality of being pleasing or agreeable in situation, prospect, disposition, etc.; pleasantness: the amenity of the Caribbean climate. |
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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
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having the significance of an omen. |
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an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript.
2.
Also called fax. Telecommunications .
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a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere.
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an image transmitted by such a method.
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dropout ( def. 5 ) .
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to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of.
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Also, fax. Telecommunications .
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(of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail.
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(of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission. |
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rhythmic swing or cadence.
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a lilting song or tune.
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to sing or play in a light, tripping, or rhythmic mann |
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–verb (used with object)
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to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion: to boycott a store.
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to abstain from buying or using: to boycott foreign products.
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the practice of boycotting.
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an instance of boycotting. |
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–noun, plural -ties.
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a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
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grievous affliction; adversity; misery: the calamity of war. |
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equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification: His angry speech was tantamount to a declaration of war. |
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ostentatious in one's learning.
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overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching. |
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happening every two years: biennial games.
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lasting or enduring for two years: a biennial life cycle.
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Botany . completing its normal term of life in two years, flowering and fruiting the second year, as beets or winter wheat. |
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having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
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showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile.
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favorable; propitious: a series of benign omens and configurations in the heavens. |
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a going out; a departure or emigration, usually of a large number of people: the summer exodus to the country and shore.
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the Exodus, the departure of the Israelites from egypt under Moses.
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( initial capital letter ) the second book of the Bible, containing an account of the Exodus. Abbreviation: Ex. |
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a system of principles or tenets, as of a church.
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a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church: the dogma of the assumption.
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prescribed doctrine: political dogma. |
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a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
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Medicine/Medical .
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a mental or physical mark that is characteristic of a defect or disease: the stigmata of leprosy.
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a place or point on the skin that bleeds during certain mental states, as in hysteria.
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Zoology .
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a small mark, spot, or pore on an animal or organ.
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the eyespot of a protozoan.
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an entrance into the respiratory system of insects. |
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