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pluralistic collapse: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of pluralism; "a pluralistic culture"

portentous collapse: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision"

realism collapse: the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth; (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

abate collapse: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

pragmatism collapse: (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

weaken collapse: become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"; lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

restrain collapse: hold back; to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"; keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

eclectic collapse: someone who selects according to the eclectic method; selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas

seriously collapse: in a serious manner; "talking earnestly with his son"; "she started studying snakes in earnest"; "a play dealing seriously with the question of divorce"

grizzly collapse: powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

bigoted collapse: blindly and obstinately attached to some creed or opinion and intolerant toward others; "a bigoted person"; "an outrageously bigoted point of view"

ambiguous collapse: having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"; having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots"

practicality collapse: concerned with actual use rather than theoretical possibilities

weighty collapse: having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package"; weighing heavily on the spirit; causing anxiety or worry; "weighty problems"

flexible collapse: bending and snapping back readily without breaking; able to flex; able to bend easily; "slim flexible birches"; capable of being changed; "flexible schedules"

unadorned collapse: not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

secularism collapse: a doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations

sober collapse: not affected by a chemical substance (especially alcohol); cause to become sober; "A sobering thought"

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

dogmatic collapse: characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles; relating to or involving dogma; "dogmatic writings"; of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative

equivocal collapse: uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal"; open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"; open to question; "aliens of equivocal loyalty"; "his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son"-Anna Jameson

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"

self-contained collapse: constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; "the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities"

aristocratic collapse: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"

mutable collapse: capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; "a mutable substance"; "the mutable ways of fortune"; "mutable weather patterns"; "a mutable foreign policy"

suppress collapse: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"; put out of one's consciousness

tortuous collapse: not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"; marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

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