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ethnic group collapse: people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture

breeding collapse: the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization; helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"; elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression; producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring; "the breeding population"; "retained a few bulls for breeding purposes"

trademark collapse: a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

farming collapse: agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; "farming is a strenuous life"; "there's no work on the land any more"; the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

nonconforming collapse: not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

quality collapse: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare; a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber"; a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"; high social status; "a man of quality"; of high social status; "people of quality"; "a quality family"

secession collapse: formal separation from an alliance or federation; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War; an Austrian school of art and architecture parallel to the French art nouveau in the 1890s

addiction collapse: (Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"; an abnormally strong craving; being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

drug addiction collapse: an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug)

indelicacy collapse: an impolite act or expression; the trait of being indelicate and offensive

fertilize collapse: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"; make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her imagination"

nationalization collapse: changing something from private to state ownership or control; the action of rendering national in character; the action of forming or becoming a nation

alienated collapse: caused to be unloved; socially disoriented; "anomic loners musing over their fate"; "we live in an age of rootless alienated people"

naturalization collapse: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"; the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

habituation collapse: a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions

cachet collapse: a seal on a letter; a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal; an indication of approved or superior status

alcoholism collapse: habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

adoption collapse: the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance"; a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

hydroponics collapse: a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients

indicator collapse: a device for showing the operating condition of some system; a signal for attracting attention; (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction

keynote collapse: a fundamental or central idea; the principal theme in a speech or literary work; set the keynote of; "Comfort keynotes this designer's Fall collection"; give the keynote address to (an audience)

lore collapse: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend"

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