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declining collapse

patronizing collapse

sour grapes collapse: disparagement of something that is unattainable

hoity toity collapse

darkening collapse: becoming dark or darker as from waning light or clouding over; "the darkening sky"

spoofing collapse

belittling collapse: the act of belittling; tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark"

pretend collapse: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"

image collapse: the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image"; an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"

stowage collapse: the act of packing or storing away; the charge for stowing goods

repudiation collapse: the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"; refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city"; rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

exclusion collapse: the state of being excluded

posting collapse: (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records; "the posting was made in the cash account"

allocation collapse: (computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions

pinpointing collapse

indignity collapse: an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem

dismissal collapse: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart); permission to go; the sending away of someone; official notice that you have been fired from your job

refusal collapse: a message refusing to accept something that is offered; the act of refusing

contradiction collapse: the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"; (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"; opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas

locating collapse

simulate collapse: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

censorship collapse

secretion collapse: a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell; the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

contumely collapse

victimization collapse: adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"

scorn collapse

prolongation collapse: the act of prolonging something; "there was an indefinite prolongation of the peace talks"

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"

loading collapse: the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; "the loading took 2 hours"; the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift

playing field collapse: a piece of land prepared for playing a game; "the home crowd cheered when Princeton took the field"; the circumstances under which competition occurs; "the government's objective is to insure a genuinely level playing field for American industry and commerce in Europe"

rink collapse: building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating

infield collapse

playground collapse: yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play

racecourse collapse

make a show of collapse

emplacement collapse: military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon

discard collapse: getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable; (cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit; anything that is cast aside or discarded; throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

dramatize collapse: represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"; put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

structuring collapse

lay it on thick collapse

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