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  2. Antanagoge - Wikipedia

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    An antanagoge (Greek ἀνταναγωγή, a leading or bringing up), is a figure in rhetoric, in which, not being able to answer the accusation of an adversary, a person instead makes a counter-allegation or counteracting an opponent's proposal with an opposing proposition in one's speech or writing. [1]

  3. Parliamentary leader - Wikipedia

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    In Australian and New Zealand politics, the party figure commonly described as "leader" is usually an MP responsible for managing the party's business within parliament.. Party constitutions will typically distinguish between the parliamentary leader and the organisational leader (who typically is outside of parliament), with the latter often termed a "federal president" or "party preside

  4. List of religious titles and styles - Wikipedia

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    A spiritual teacher of Islam as it is taught in the West Africa and Maghreb, The word comes from the Berber concept of Saint. The "marabout" is known as "Sayyed" (سيد) to the Arabic speaking Maghribians. Marja: In Shi'a Islam, The name means source to follow. Mawlawi: A Persian word for teacher meaning Master. Mawlānā: Learned one of Qur ...

  5. Metonymy - Wikipedia

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    Metalepsis uses a familiar word or a phrase in a new context. [13] For example, "lead foot" may describe a fast driver; lead is proverbially heavy, and a foot exerting more pressure on the accelerator causes a vehicle to go faster (in this context unduly so). [14] The figure of speech is a "metonymy of a metonymy". [13]

  6. List of American conservatives - Wikipedia

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    American singer and cultural figure known as the King of Rock and Roll [214] Sonny Bono: 1935-1998 One half of the pop duo Sonny & Cher [215] Jerry Lee Lewis: 1935-2022 Piano-based singer-songwriter and pioneer of rock and roll and rockabilly music [216] Charlie Daniels: 1936-2020 Southern rock pioneer and country rock musician [217] Jerry Reed ...

  7. List of metonyms - Wikipedia

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    A place where tickets are sold, in this example, for movies. A term to describe how well a film is doing. "The film is a hit at the box office." [citation needed] brass: A metal alloy (used for or in the manufacture of e.g. buttons, insignia and a family of musical instruments)

  8. List of Muslim military leaders - Wikipedia

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    Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi 1797–1861: Leading figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī 1808–1883: An Algerian militant against the French occupation. Mir Masjidi Khan d.1841: An Afghan resistance leader during the First Anglo-Afghan War. Bakht Khan: Indian Muslim commander during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

  9. Cultural icon - Wikipedia

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    A red telephone box is a British cultural icon. [3]According to the Canadian Journal of Communication, academic literature has described all of the following as "cultural icons": Shakespeare, Oprah, Batman, Anne of Green Gables, the Cowboy, the 1960s female pop singer, the horse, Las Vegas, the library, the Barbie doll, DNA, and the New York Yankees."