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involuntarily collapse: against your will; "he was involuntarily held against his will"

titular collapse: of or associated with or bearing a title signifying status or function; "titular dignitaries"; derived from a title; "performed well in the titular (or title) role"; "the titular theme of the book"; of or associated with or bearing a title signifying nobility; "of titular rank"; of or relating to a legal title to something; "titulary rights"

nominative collapse: the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb; named; bearing the name of a specific person; "nominative shares of stock"; serving as or indicating the subject of a verb and words identified with the subject of a copular verb; "nominative noun endings"; "predicate nominative"

pseudo collapse: (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"

honorific collapse: an expression of respect; "the Japanese use many honorifics"; conferring or showing honor or respect; "honorific social status commonly attaches to membership in a recognized profession"

at home collapse: a reception held in your own home; at, to, or toward the place where you reside; "he worked at home"; on the home team's field; "they played at home last night"

self-styled collapse: as claimed by and for yourself often without justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"

simulated collapse: reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character; "under simulated combat conditions"

alleged collapse: declared but not proved; "alleged abuses of housing benefits"- Wall Street Journal

diminutive collapse: a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness

nominal collapse: existing in name only; "the nominal (or titular) head of his party"; insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of resistance"; "a toknenish gesture"; being value in terms of specification on currency or stock certificates rather than purchasing power; "nominal or face value"; pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; "nominal phrase"; "noun phrase"; relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; "the Russian system of nominal brevity"; "a nominal lists of priests"; "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls"

pinchbeck collapse: an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold; serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"

assumed collapse: accepted as real or true without proof; "an assumed increase in population"; "the assumed reason for his absence"; "assumptive beliefs"; "his loyalty was taken for granted"; adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"; taken as your right without justification; "was hearing evidence in an assumed capacity"; "Congress's arrogated powers over domains hitherto belonging to the states"

artificial collapse: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"; contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"; not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

embellished collapse: rich in decorative detail; excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

illegitimate collapse: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"; of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

tin collapse: a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide; prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface; plate with tin

apocryphal collapse: being of questionable authenticity; of or belonging to the Apocrypha

unreal collapse: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"; not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"

colored collapse: having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "the dark races"; "dark-skinned peoples"; having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

bastard collapse: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic"; the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

ersatz collapse: an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation; artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"

warped collapse: used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture; "the floors were warped and cracked"

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