Lady M

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Member Since: 11/17/2007
Sounds Like: Beatify |bēˈatəˌfī| verb ( -fies, -fied) [ trans. ] (in the Roman Catholic Church) announce the beatification of. • make (someone) blissfully happy. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense [make blessed or supremely happy] ): from Old French beatifier or ecclesiastical Latin beatificare, from Latin beatus ‘blessed.’Hobson's Choice |ˈhäbsənz| noun a choice of taking what is available or nothing at all. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: named after Thomas Hobson (1554–1631), a livery stable owner in Cambridge, England, who gave the customer the “choice” of the horse nearest the door or none at all.Faute de Mieux |ˌfōt də ˈmyœ| adverb for want of a better alternative : the show is, faute de mieux, the most eagerly anticipated musical of the season to come. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: French, literally ‘for want of (something) better.’Pluralism |ˈploŏrəˌlizəm| noun 1 a condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist. • a form of society in which the members of minority groups maintain their independent cultural traditions. • a political theory or system of power-sharing among a number of political parties. • a theory or system of devolution and autonomy for individual bodies in preference to monolithic state control. • Philosophy a theory or system that recognizes more than one ultimate principle. Compare with monism . 2 the practice of holding more than one office or church benefice at a time. DERIVATIVES pluralist |ˈplʊrələst| noun & adjective pluralistic |-ˈlistik| |ˈplʊrəˈlɪstɪk| |-ˈlɪstɪk| adjective pluralistically |-ˈlistək(ə)lē| |ˈplʊrəˈlɪstək(ə)li| |-ˈlɪstɪk(ə)li| adverbReaction |rēˈak sh ən| noun an action performed or a feeling experienced in response to a situation or event : Carrie's immediate reaction was one of relief. • ( reactions) a person's ability to respond physically and mentally to external stimuli : a skilled driver with quick reactions. • an adverse physiological response to a substance that has been breathed in, ingested, or touched : such allergic reactions as hay fever and asthma. • a chemical process in which two or more substances act mutually on each other and are changed into different substances, or one substance changes into two or more other substances. • Physics an analogous transformation of atomic nuclei or other particles. • a mode of thinking or behaving that is deliberately different from previous modes of thought and behavior : the work of these painters was a reaction against fauvism. • opposition to political or social progress or reform : the institution is under threat from the forces of reaction. • Physics repulsion or resistance exerted in opposition to the impact or pressure of another body; a force equal and opposite to the force giving rise to it. DERIVATIVES reactionist |-nist| |riˈøkʃənəst| noun & adjective ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from react + -ion , originally suggested by medieval Latin reactio(n-), from react- ‘done again’ (see react ).
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