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figural collapse: consisting of or forming human or animal figures; "a figural design"; "the figurative art of the humanistic tradition"- Herbert Read

synonymy collapse: the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

symbolic collapse: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols; "symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic thinking"; using symbolism; "symbolic art"

prose collapse: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse; matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression

naming collapse: the verbal act of naming; "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"

symptomatic collapse: relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms; "symptomatic relief"; "symptomatic treatment"; "a symptomatic classification of diseases"

pose collapse: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes; pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter"; behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others; "Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of herself"

noise collapse: incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"; the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"; a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"; sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"; electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

echoic collapse: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer; like or characteristic of an echo

finite collapse: bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent; of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person

glossary collapse: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

possible collapse: something that can be done; "politics is the art of the possible"; an applicant who might be suitable; capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"

peculiarity collapse: a distinguishing trait; an odd or unusual characteristic

mumbo jumbo collapse: language that is unnecessarily difficult to understand

meaty collapse: being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"; like or containing meat; "enough of vegetarianism; let's have a meaty meal"

oratory collapse: addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous); "he loved the sound of his own oratory"

cipher collapse: a message written in a secret code; a secret method of writing; a person of no influence

conversation collapse: the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

phonetics collapse: the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

typical collapse: conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior"; exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis"

code collapse: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy; (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions; a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones); attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"

integral collapse: the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x); constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

formulation collapse: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"; a substance prepared according to a formula

evidential collapse: serving as or based on evidence; "evidential signs of a forced entry"; "its evidentiary value"

idiosyncratic collapse: peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting"

impossible collapse: something that cannot be done; "his assignment verged on the impossible"; not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"; totally unlikely; used of persons or their behavior; "impossible behavior"; "insufferable insolence"

pithy collapse: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

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