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A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
Defamiliarization or ostranenie (Russian: остранение, IPA: [ɐstrɐˈnʲenʲɪjə]) is the artistic technique of presenting to audiences common things in an unfamiliar or strange way so they could gain new perspectives and see the world differently.
For example, it is common to explain an unfamiliar term by using "or" and a familiar synonym in parentheses: "the orca (or killer whale) ...". To someone unfamiliar with the subject this can be ambiguous, suggesting an alternative; compare the valid sentences "A seal pup may be eaten by an orca (or killer whale)."
While glossaries are most commonly associated with non-fiction books, in some cases, fiction novels sometimes include a glossary for unfamiliar terms. A bilingual glossary is a list of terms in one language defined in a second language or glossed by synonyms (or at least near-synonyms) in another language.
Portland, Oregon's Couch Street is / k uː tʃ /, rhyming with "pooch," unlike the identically spelled sofa synonym pronounced / k aʊ tʃ /. [62] Dacula, Georgia: Residents local to Gwinnett County pronounce the city as / d ə ˈ k j uː l ə / də-KEW-lə while those unfamiliar with the area may pronounce the name of the town as / ˈ d æ k ...
An 'unfamiliar' era for investors has arrived after a 20-year 'regime': Morning Brief. Jared Blikre. December 11, 2024 at 6:04 AM. This is The Takeaway from today's Morning Brief, which you can ...
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
Chicken Nuggets. Want to feel like a kid again? Make homemade chicken nuggets.Coated in crispy seasoned bread crumbs, these tender, juicy bites are hard to beat.The recipe may technically serve 2 ...