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Epithet

An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verdant lawn.

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Calumniation 76% connected

False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

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Calumny 76% connected

False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

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Characterization 76% connected

The act or process of characterizing.

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Defamation 76% connected

Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; sl…

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Delineation 76% connected

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face…

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Depiction 76% connected

A painting or depicting; a representation.

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Obloquy 76% connected

Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

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Picture 76% connected

The art of painting; representation by painting.

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Traducement 76% connected

The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.

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Name 92% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imagination noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Imaging noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Mental imagery noun · 78% connection

the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"

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Ambiguity noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Characterisation noun · 78% connection

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing…

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Choice of words noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Climate noun · 78% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Construction noun · 78% connection

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair i…

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Diction noun · 78% connection

the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage" - G.S.Patton

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Equivocalness noun · 78% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Focalisation noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Focalization noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Focusing noun · 78% connection

the act of bringing into focus

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Irony noun · 78% connection

incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"

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Mood noun · 78% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Motif noun · 78% connection

a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work; "it was the usual ‘boy gets girl’ theme"

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Narrative adjective · 78% connection

consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"

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-able unknown · 78% connection

An adjective suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, m…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjective, expressing, some, attribute, relation.
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Adjectival adjective · 78% connection

Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.

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Adjective noun · 78% connection

Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.

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Adnoun noun · 78% connection

An adjective, or attribute.

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Affirmable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

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Amongst preposition · 78% connection

Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action.

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An unknown · 78% connection

This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only…

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Appropriately adverb · 78% connection

In an appropriate or proper manner; fitly; properly.

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Attributive noun · 78% connection

A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

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Balance noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

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Be verb · 78% connection

To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain pre…

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Between preposition · 78% connection

With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose b…

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