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144 lines
6.1 KiB
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{
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"pabulum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": intellectual sustenance":[
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"pabulum for consideration and reflection"
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],
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": something (such as writing or speech) that is insipid, simplistic, or bland":[
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"wrote pabulum that was intended to offend no one"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pab-y\u0259-l\u0259m",
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"\u02c8pa-by\u0259-l\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aliment",
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"food",
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"nourishment",
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"sustenance"
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],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"we have reached a cultural low if reality television is regarded as pabulum for the masses",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Twitter account, which spouted pabulum about the decency of the human spirit, became extremely popular. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Nov. 2021",
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"Try to imagine Britain\u2019s prime minister rallying his nation to fight the Nazi war machine armed with this progressive pabulum . \u2014 Joseph Loconte, National Review , 9 Sep. 2020",
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"After quoting extensively from a Communist writer, Kengor dismisses the content of the quotation out of hand without making any argument: This, of course, is relativistic pabulum . \u2014 Cameron Hilditch, National Review , 3 Sep. 2020",
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"His onscreen counterpart in the film adaptation of this story, Memoir of a Murderer, trades in this complexity for more standard antihero pabulum (his only desire is to keep Eunhui safe). \u2014 Alana Mohamed, The Atlantic , 11 June 2019",
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"The pabulum that passes for most reviews is an insult to the intelligence of most readers. \u2014 Christian Lorentzen, Harper's magazine , 10 Apr. 2019",
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"They are just being fed this pabulum of leftist ideology. \u2014 Fox News , 25 Apr. 2018",
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"Direct pronouncements from him are so rare that even this pabulum was treated as push-alert-worthy news. \u2014 Jane Mayer, The New Yorker , 12 Mar. 2018",
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"And the realities of international diplomacy have, over decades, led spokespeople for presidents of both parties to offer near-identical pabulum on some of America's most vexing foreign policy questions. \u2014 Matt Lehrich, CNN , 26 May 2017"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Latin, food, fodder; akin to Latin pascere to feed \u2014 more at food":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1661, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182247"
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},
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"pablum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": pabulum sense 3":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8pa-bl\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"And spare me the pablum about Twitter being some kind of public square. \u2014 Andy Meek, BGR , 25 Apr. 2022",
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"While Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren acknowledged the chance to notch a meaningful victory and create offseason momentum \u2014 all standard bowl pablum \u2014 Kelly issued his usual contrarian fare about having a really good Tuesday. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 28 Dec. 2021",
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"Verification technology was not built to penalize journalists for reporting the truth or content creators for taking risks but, by penalizing the publication of inoffensive pablum over interesting content, that is all too often the end result. \u2014 Alok Choudhary, Forbes , 28 Jan. 2022",
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"And to think that lots of people once considered Saget to be the worst kind of pablum personified, the blandest of the bland. \u2014 Erik Hedegaard, Rolling Stone , 10 Jan. 2022",
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"Ethical corners had been cut so that some viral pablum could be broadcasted. \u2014 Alex Shephard, The New Republic , 2 Dec. 2021",
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"There\u2019s a fine line between homage and derivative pablum that Netflix\u2019s new horror-slasher, Fear Street: 1994, stumbles all over in its 1 hour and 47 minute run-time. \u2014 Erik Kain, Forbes , 4 July 2021",
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"Instead, Blinken served up only rhetorical pablum , retreating from what senior Trump officials (although not Trump himself) did to back Ukraine and returning to Obama-era blandishments. \u2014 John R. Bolton, National Review , 13 May 2021",
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"There are glimmers of useful thinking in the board\u2019s decision, like Skittles in a bowl of pablum . \u2014 Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times , 5 May 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"from Pablum , a trademark for an infant cereal":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1932, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-190539"
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},
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"pablo":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a light brown to yellowish brown that is stronger than bran and lighter and stronger than aloma":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8p\u00e4(\u02cc)bl\u014d"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-001632"
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},
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"PABX":{
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"type":[
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"abbreviation or noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a private automatic branch exchange":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccp\u0113\u02cc\u0101(\u02cc)b\u0113\u02c8ex"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1923, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-021050"
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},
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"PABA":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": para-aminobenzoic acid":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccp\u0113-(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8b\u0113-(\u02cc)\u0101",
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"\u02ccp\u0113-\u02cc\u0101-\u02c8b\u0113-\u02cc\u0101",
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"\u02c8pa-b\u0259",
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"\u02c8pab-\u0259",
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"\u02c8p\u00e4-"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"p ara- a mino b enzoic a cid":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1943, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035745"
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}
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} |