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bluestocking collapse: a woman having literary or intellectual interests

legalistic collapse

Middle American collapse

plastic person collapse

organization man collapse: an employee who sacrifices his own individuality for the good of an organization

methodologist collapse

sniveler collapse

purist collapse: someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words)

prig collapse

Sabbatarian collapse: one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism); pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance

pedant collapse: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

Tartuffe collapse: a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

pharisee collapse: a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions; a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

formalistic collapse: concerned with or characterized by rigorous or adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art); "highly formalized plays like `Waiting for Godot'"

weathercock collapse: weathervane with a vane in the form of a rooster

outward collapse: relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections"; toward the outside; "move the needle further outward!"

Babbitt collapse: line with a Babbitt metal

conformist collapse: someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters); marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"

religionist collapse: a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot

extrinsic collapse: not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"

burgher collapse

precisian collapse

ranter collapse: someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner

hypocrite collapse: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

impersonal collapse: having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"; not relating to or responsive to individual persons; "an impersonal corporation"; "an impersonal remark"

timeserver collapse: one who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage

perfectionist collapse: a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards

parrot collapse: usually brightly colored zygodactyl tropical birds with short hooked beaks and the ability to mimic sounds; a copycat who does not understand the words or acts being imitated; repeat mindlessly; "The students parroted the teacher's words"

teenybopper collapse

sheep collapse: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat; a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"; a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

yes man collapse

formulary collapse: (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation; "postexposure prophylaxis is an integral part of the pharmacopeia in preventing severe disease after acute infections"; of or relating to or of the nature of a formula

poser collapse: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

chameleon collapse: lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and having a projectile tongue; a changeable or inconstant person

canter collapse: a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop; ride at a canter; "The men cantered away"; ride at a cantering pace; "He cantered the horse across the meadow"; go at a canter, of horses

Philistine collapse: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC; a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits; of or relating to ancient Philistia or the culture of the Philistines

bourgeois collapse: a member of the middle class; belonging to the middle class; conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"; (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class

pedantic collapse

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