the act of enhancing or exaggerating one's own importance, power, or reputation
the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)
the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)
the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)
a brief moral saying taken from ancient or popular or other sources, often quoted without context; as an adjective, means either given to aphoristic expression, or just referring to an aphoristic expression. or: 'in a way that tries to sound important or intelligent, especially by expressing moral judgements'
(noun) any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) / (noun) prophetess / (noun) fortune-teller
an act of subsuming
(verb) to break apart or in two; separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space / (verb) to become parted, disunited, or severed
the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion
the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion
(noun) germanic
(noun) germanic
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
an edict of the Russian government OR an arbitrary command
(adjective) fatty oily / (adjective) smooth and greasy in texture or appearance / (adjective) plastic / (adjective) full of unction / (adjective) revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
(noun) the quality or state of being true or real / (noun) something (as a statement) that is true / (noun) a fundamental and inevitably true value / (noun) the quality or state of being truthful or honest
clear and obvious, in a stark or exaggerated form