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Image credits: acapncuster #22. Just be yourself. The spirit of this, I agree with completely. But so many people think it means to act however they want and there should be no consequences.
To find out what some of the most common things are that unhappy people say without knowing it, we reached out to psychologists Dr. Patricia Dixon, Dr. Kiki Ramsey and Dr. Caitlin Slavens. Keep ...
When we encounter someone we disagree with, it’s easy to make assumptions about why they hold their opposing views. It’s much more difficult, and powerful, to lean in to our curiosity and try ...
Listing of antonyms, such as "good and evil", "great and small", etc., does not create oxymorons, as it is not implied that any given object has the two opposing properties simultaneously. In some languages, it is not necessary to place a conjunction like and between the two antonyms; such compounds (not necessarily of antonyms) are known as ...
The total number of people living in extreme absolute poverty globally, by the widely used metric of $1.00/day (in 1990 U.S. dollars) has decreased over the last several decades, but most people surveyed in several countries incorrectly think it has increased or stayed the same. However, this depends on the poverty line calculation used.
Some contronyms result from differences in varieties of English. For example, to table a bill means "to put it up for debate" in British English , while it means "to remove it from debate" in American English (where British English would have "shelve", which in this sense has an identical meaning in American English).
Channel 4’s CEO, Alex Mahon, complained that the youngest generation to enter the workforce doesn't have the skills to debate, disagree, or work alongside people with different opinions.
Skepticism, also spelled scepticism in British English, is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. [1] For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the person doubts that these claims are accurate.