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anglophone
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: consisting of or belonging to an English-speaking population especially in a country where two or more languages are spoken
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axiomatic
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1: taken for granted : self-evident an axiomatic truth
2: based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms axiomatic set theory |
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gadfly
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: a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism a political gadfly
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polemicist
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1: an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
2: an aggressive controversialist : disputant |
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apposite
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: highly pertinent or appropriate : apt
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quixotic
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1: foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals; especially : marked by rash lofty romantic ideas or extravagantly chivalrous action
2: capricious, unpredictable |
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capricious
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: governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive, unpredictable
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sequelae
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1: an aftereffect of a disease, condition, or injury
2: a secondary result |
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I.e. and e.g. |
I.e. and e.g. are both abbreviations for Latin terms. I.e. stands for id est and means roughly "that is." E.g. stands for exempli gratia, which means “for example.”
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diffuse |
1: being at once verbose and ill-organized
2: not concentrated or localized |