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1. an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast.
2. the state of being close together or side by side. |
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1. the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
2. the stage setting or scenery of a play.
3. surroundings; environment. |
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1. having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling.
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2. a pejorative form or word, as poetaster. |
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| n. A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effec. |
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–noun 1.
the act, process, or manner of constructing anything.
2. the act of providing with a frame.
3. a frame or a system of frames; framework. |
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| a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. |
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| the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. |
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| a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” |
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| a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance |
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| Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism. |
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| pseudo-antidisestablishmentarianism |
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| originally, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, now opposition to the belief that there should no longer be an official church in a country |
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