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4.3 KiB
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208 lines
4.3 KiB
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{
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"cynicism":{
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"cynical beliefs; beliefs that people are generally selfish and dishonest":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Nothing could change her cynicism about politics."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cynic":{
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"a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons":{
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"examples":[
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"a cynic who believes that nobody does a good deed without expecting something in return"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"misanthrope",
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"naysayer",
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"pessimist"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"misandrist",
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"misogynist",
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"doubter",
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"negativist",
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"skeptic",
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"belittler",
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"critic",
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"derider",
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"detractor",
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"scoffer",
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"malcontent",
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"defeatist",
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"quitter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"optimist",
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"Pollyanna",
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"positivist",
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"idealist",
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"sentimentalist"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cynosures":{
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"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
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"examples":[
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"with an unwavering commitment to equal rights for all as his only cynosure"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"compasses",
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"directions",
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"foci",
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"focuses",
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"lodestars",
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"loadstars",
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"polestars"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"benchmarks",
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"criteria",
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"criterions",
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"grades",
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"marks",
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"measures",
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"pars",
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"standards",
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"touchstones",
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"yardsticks",
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"aims",
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"ambitions",
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"aspirations",
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"dreams",
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"goals",
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"intentions",
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"objectives",
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"objects",
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"purposes",
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"targets"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
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"examples":[
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"that company is the cynosure for anyone wishing to make it in the music business"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"axes",
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"bases",
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"capitals",
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"centers",
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"centrals",
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"cores",
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"epicenters",
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"eyes",
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"foci",
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"focuses",
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"ground zeros",
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"hearts",
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"hubs",
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"loci",
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"meccas",
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"navels",
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"nerve centers",
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"nexuses",
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"nexus",
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"nuclei",
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"nucleuses",
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"omphali",
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"seats"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"headquarters",
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"happy hunting grounds",
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"hives",
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"hotbeds",
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"hot spots",
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"playgrounds",
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"playlands",
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"kernels",
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"nubs",
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"piths",
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"deeps",
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"thicks",
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"essences",
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"quintessences",
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"souls",
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"attractions",
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"lodestones",
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"loadstones",
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"magnets",
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"polestars"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"cynically":{
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"as in disparagingly , negatively":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"captiously",
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"critically",
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"deprecatingly",
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"disapprovingly",
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"disparagingly",
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"negatively",
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"reproachfully",
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"reproachingly",
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"reprovingly",
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"unfavorably",
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"charily",
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"guardedly",
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"warily",
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"anxiously",
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"apprehensively",
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"uncomfortably",
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"uneasily",
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"hesitantly",
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"hesitatingly",
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"incredulously",
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"questioningly",
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"quizzically",
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"unbelievingly",
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"askance",
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"askant",
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"distrustfully",
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"doubtfully",
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"doubtingly",
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"dubiously",
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"mistrustfully",
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"sideways",
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"skeptically",
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"suspiciously"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"trustfully",
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"trustingly",
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"approvingly",
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"favorably",
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"positively",
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"confidently",
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"sanguinely",
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"credulously",
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"uncritically",
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"unquestioningly"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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}
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} |