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lexical collapse: of or relating to words; "lexical decision task"; of or relating to dictionaries

implicative collapse: tending to suggest or imply; "artifacts suggestive of an ancient society"; "an implicative statement"

lexicology collapse: the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language

diagnostic collapse: characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease; "a diagnostic sign of yellow fever"; "diagnostic information"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever"; "symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown"; concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis; "a diagnostic clinic"; "a diagnostic reading test"; "diagnostic information"

connotative collapse: having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit

denotative collapse: having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming; in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

semantic collapse: of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning; "semantic analysis"

metaphorical collapse: expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another; "a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language"

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

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

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"

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"

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"

meaningful collapse: having a meaning or purpose; "a meaningful explanation"; "a meaningful discussion"; "a meaningful pause"

atomism collapse: (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles; "the ancient Greek philosophers Democritus and Epicurus held atomic theories of the universe"; (psychology) a theory that reduces all mental phenomena to simple elements (sensations and feelings) that form complex ideas by association

verbal collapse: communicated in the form of words; "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"; prolix; "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare; relating to or having facility in the use of words; "a good poet is a verbal artist"; "a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"; "verbal aptitude"; expressed in spoken words; "a verbal contract"; of or relating to or formed from a verb; "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"; of or relating to or formed from words in general; "verbal ability"

figurative collapse: (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"

peculiar collapse: markedly different from the usual; "a peculiar hobby of stuffing and mounting bats"; "a man...feels it a peculiar insult to be taunted with cowardice by a woman"-Virginia Woolf

individual collapse: a single organism; being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"; separate and distinct from others of the same kind; "mark the individual pages"; "on a case-by-case basis"; characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"

demonstrative collapse: given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an affectionate and demonstrative family"; serving to demonstrate

indicative collapse: (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly; "actions indicative of fear"; relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements; "indicative mood"

significant collapse: fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"; important in effect or meaning; "a significant change in tax laws"; "a significant change in the Constitution"; "a significant contribution"; "significant details"; "statistically significant"; too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation; "the interaction effect is significant at the .01 level"; "no significant difference was found"

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