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  2. Expletive (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    An expletive is a word or phrase inserted into a sentence that is not needed to express the basic meaning of the sentence. [1] It is regarded as semantically null or a placeholder. [2] Expletives are not insignificant or meaningless in all senses; they may be used to give emphasis or tone, to contribute to the meter in verse, or to indicate ...

  3. Essay - Wikipedia

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    A reflective essay is an analytical piece of writing in which the writer describes a real or imaginary scene, event, interaction, passing thought, memory, or form—adding a personal reflection on the meaning of the topic in the author's life. Thus, the focus is not merely descriptive.

  4. Delusion - Wikipedia

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    A delusion [a] is a false fixed belief that is not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. [2] As a pathology, it is distinct from a belief based on false or incomplete information, confabulation, dogma, illusion, hallucination, or some other misleading effects of perception, as individuals with those beliefs are able to change or readjust their beliefs upon reviewing the evidence.

  5. Delusions of grandeur - Wikipedia

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    Expansive delusions may be maintained by auditory hallucinations, which advise the patient that they are significant, or confabulations, when, for example, the patient gives a thorough description of their coronation or marriage to the king. Grandiose and expansive delusions may also be part of fantastic hallucinosis in which all forms of ...

  6. Nexus grammar - Wikipedia

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    Nexus grammar is a system of analysing text which was first used in Denmark. It was a system that was heavily advanced by the Danish Linguist Otto Jespersen. It most often refers to the relationship between the action and the subject in the sentence. This system has been developed to include symbols for most parts of speech.

  7. TikTokers are embracing 'delulu.' But is being delusional ...

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    Since its debut, delulu's meaning continues to evolve, as TikTokers and social media users probe the upside, and downside, to a delusional degree of self-confidence.

  8. Thetical grammar - Wikipedia

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    Thetical grammar forms one of the two domains of discourse grammar, the other domain being sentence grammar.The building blocks of thetical grammar are theticals, [1] that is, linguistic expressions which are interpolated in, or juxtaposed to, clauses or sentences but syntactically, semantically and, typically, prosodically independent from these structures.

  9. Delusional disorder - Wikipedia

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    Delusions can be bizarre or non-bizarre in content; [7] non-bizarre delusions are fixed false beliefs that involve situations that could occur in real life, such as being harmed or poisoned. [8] Apart from their delusion or delusions, people with delusional disorder may continue to socialize and function in a normal manner and their behavior ...