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battle fatigue collapse: a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

newspaper collapse: the physical object that is the product of a newspaper publisher; "when it began to rain he covered his head with a newspaper"; a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; "he read his newspaper at breakfast"; a business firm that publishes newspapers; "Murdoch owns many newspapers"; cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing newspapers; "they used bales of newspaper every day"

sedate collapse: characterized by dignity and propriety; cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

parasitism collapse: the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)

pragmatism collapse: (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

information collapse: (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"; knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction; a message received and understood; formal accusation of a crime

behaviorism collapse: an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

independent collapse: not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else; not contingent; free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism"; "an independent republic"; (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb"; not controlled by a party or interest group

empiricism collapse: the application of empirical methods in any art or science; (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

industry collapse: the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"; the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications"

linkage collapse: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation

newsletter collapse: report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group

relationship collapse: a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children"; a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"; a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

quotation collapse: the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.; "since he lacks originality he must rely on quotation"; a passage or expression that is quoted or cited; a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity

discreet collapse: marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; "his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace"

indulgent collapse: being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"; characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ; "indulgent grandparents"; tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"

affairs collapse: transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state"

swimming collapse: the act of swimming; "it was the swimming they enjoyed most": "they took a short swim in the pool"

temperate collapse: not extreme in behavior; "temperate in his habits"; "a temperate response to an insult"; "temperate in his eating and drinking"; (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; "a temperate region"; "the temperate zones"; "temperate plants"

stoic collapse: a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"; someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions; seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"; pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

credit union collapse: a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings

spontaneous collapse: happening or arising without apparent external cause; "spontaneous laughter"; "spontaneous combustion"; "a spontaneous abortion"

assured collapse: marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand"; characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"

confident collapse: not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani; having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment"

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