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civilization collapse: a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations); "the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"; the social process whereby societies achieve civilization

acculturation collapse: the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure; all the knowledge and values shared by a society

mores collapse: (sociology) the conventions that embody the fundamental values of a group

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)

opener collapse: a hand tool used for opening sealed containers (bottles or cans); the first event in a series; "she played Chopin for her opener"; "the season's opener was a game against the Yankees"

key signature collapse: the sharps or flats that follow the clef and indicate the key

ethos collapse: (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era; "the Greek ethos"

culture collapse: the raising of plants or animals; "the culture of oysters"; (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"; the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group; the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization; "the developing drug culture"; "the reason that the agency is doomed to inaction has something to do with the FBI culture"; a particular society at a particular time and place; "early Mayan civilization"

corkscrew collapse: a bottle opener that pulls corks; move in a spiral or zigzag course

open sesame collapse: any very successful means of achieving a result; a magical command; used by Ali Baba

complex collapse: a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"; (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior; a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated; complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

society collapse: an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization; the fashionable elite

quirk collapse: a narrow groove beside a beading; twist or curve abruptly; "She quirked her head in a peculiar way"

spoor collapse: the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game; "the hounds followed the fox's spoor"

idiosyncrasy collapse: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

tip off collapse: give insider information or advise to; "He tipped off the police about the terrorist plot"

dominant collapse: (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale; exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage"; (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar

minor collapse: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket-size country"; inferior in number or size or amount; "a minor share of the profits"; "Ursa Minor"; lesser in scope or effect; "had minor differences"; "a minor disturbance"; not of legal age; "minor children"; of a scale or mode; "the minor keys"; "in B flat minor"; of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization; of lesser importance or stature or rank; "a minor poet"; "had a minor part in the play"; "a minor official"; "many of these hardy adventurers were minor noblemen"; "minor back roads"; of lesser seriousness or danger; "suffered only minor injuries"; "some minor flooding"; "a minor tropical disturbance"; warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin"

understated collapse: exhibiting restrained good taste; "the room is pleasant and understated"

whiff collapse: a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike; a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil; utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer"; strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third; drive or carry as if by a puff of air; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds"

unmusical collapse: not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay"; lacking interest in or talent for music; "too unmusical to care for concerts"; "it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical"

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