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imagination collapse: the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"; the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

pastel collapse: any of various pale or light colors; delicate and pale in color; "pastel pink"; lacking in body or vigor; "faded pastel charms of the naive music"

tangled collapse: in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"

apprehension collapse: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"; painful expectation; fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

mathematical collapse: characterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics; "mathematical precision"; statistically possible though highly improbable; "have a mathematical chance of making the playoffs"; beyond question; "a mathematical certainty"; of or pertaining to or of the nature of mathematics; "a mathematical textbook"; "slide rules and other mathematical instruments"; "a mathematical solution to a problem"; "mathematical proof"

gamesmanship collapse: the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game

narrow margin collapse: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"

hairsplitting collapse: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously"

jester collapse: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

wit collapse: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

conceit collapse: the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; an artistic device or effect; "the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"; a witty or ingenious turn of phrase; "he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"; an elaborate poetic image or a far-fetched comparison of very dissimilar things

droll collapse: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"

shrewdness collapse: intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

distinguishing collapse: serving to distinguish or identify a species or group; "the distinguishing mark of the species is its plumage"; "distinctive tribal tattoos"; "we were asked to describe any identifying marks or distinguishing features"

contradistinction collapse: a distinction drawn on the basis of contrast; "sculpture in contradistinction to painting"

iridescent collapse: having a play of lustrous rainbow-like colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

civilized collapse: having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"; marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

microscopic collapse: too small to be seen except under a microscope; extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined it with microscopic care"; of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination"

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