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The tendency to customarily view the adult perspective as superior to the youngster's perspective.
adj
Characteristic of agape.
adv
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
n
(Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person.
n
(architecture, art, obsolete) A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle.
n
(literature) The quality of being an antihero
n
(very rare, humorous) A person who does not believe in the tooth fairy.
adj
(art) Conforming to the mainstream, with the exception of depicting people with black skin; not being a distinctively black style of art.
n
(derogatory) An exaggerated and pointlessly pedantic systematization, especially of something trivial.
n
(figuratively, also attributive) Any of several philosophies, practices or pseudosciences that are not rooted in experiment, often characterized by an unreflected and ritualistic approach.
n
The ability to influence without the use of logic.
adj
In the style of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield, marked by brilliance, wit, and elegance in writing, and aristocratic assurance in life
n
The quality of being churchy.
n
An obsessive desire to collect things.
n
(chiefly derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.
n
The state of being cult.
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(derogatory) A person who belongs to a cult or who has a cult-like attitude to religion.
adj
(informal) Resembling a cult.
n
A religious group that requires demonstrations of faith involving the risk of death.
adv
In an Elizabethan manner.
adj
Believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous.
n
(rare) The quality of being folkloric.
n
(linguistics) The property of being a syntactic or morphological head.
adj
Obsolete spelling of heroic [Of or relating to a hero or heroine; supremely noble]
n
Obsolete form of heroics. [The actions of a hero.]
n
An episode or series of events or circumstances of pastoral or rural simplicity, fit for an idyll; a carefree or lighthearted experience.
n
(uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
adj
Sharing the same or similar gender.
n
A feminist subgenre of magic realism.
n
The practice of using or being a mascot.
n
A person in a developed nation who engages in body modification rituals and practices while making reference or homage to the rite of passage practices in "primitive cultures".
n
(archaic outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament.
n
A lover of new or novel things.
n
Someone with new or modern ideas.
n
(non-Buddhist, colloquial) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.
n
Alternative form of cult of personality [A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been falsely idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.]
adj
(derogatory) Alternative form of Pollyannaish [(derogatory) Unreasonably optimistic.]
adj
Alternative form of Pollyannaish [(derogatory) Unreasonably optimistic.]
n
(Zen Buddhism) A sudden inexpressible feeling of inner understanding or enlightenment.
n
The quality of being seraphic.
n
A devotion to the habits and qualities of the ancient Spartans, especially to an indomitable spirit, undaunted hardihood, and stark simplicity.
n
The state or period of being a sprite (elf, fairy, goblin).
n
(fiction) Short for superhero. [Any kind of fantasy/science fiction crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature.]
n
Something that pervades a story as a common theme or presence, transcending the level of individual characters.
n
(chiefly philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman.
n
(countable) A fictional extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
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