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dross

Secrecy is the dross they are mixed with.

—p.42 by Anne Serre
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parvenu

He represents the most “parvenu” part of myself, the most adolescent too. He’s not very intellectual, loves fancy cars, music while he drives.

—p.16 by Annie Ernaux
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cathexis

Thus, in depression, the depressive mode is cathected; in generalized anxiety disorder, the danger mode is cathected; in panic disorder, the panic mode is cathected (Beck et al., 1985).

—p.28 Theory of Personality Disorders (17) by Aaron T. Beck
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writ large

Perhaps this is nothing more than a pathetic fallacy: the loss of love writ large, demanding the submersion of an entire city.

—p.118 IN DEFENSE OF SACCHARIN(E) (111) by Leslie Jamison
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deictic

It killed it. The deictics are so vague. Nobody really knows what hurts or what helps.

—p.42 DEVIL’S BAIT (27) by Leslie Jamison
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