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Notorious

Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice.

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Disreputable 84% connected

Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to asso…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Disreputable 84% connected

Not reputable; of bad repute; not in esteem; dishonorable; disgracing the reputation; tending to bring into disesteem; as, it is disreputable to asso…

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Infamous 92% connected

Of very bad report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; guilty of something that exposes to infamy; base; notoriously vile; de…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Apodictical adjective · 78% connection

Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.

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Apparent adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye; within sight or view.

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Argumentation noun · 78% connection

The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of infe…

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Axiom adjective · 78% connection

A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can m…

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Believably adverb · 78% connection

easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"

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Bright verb · 78% connection

See Brite, v. i.

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Catalysis noun · 78% connection

Dissolution; degeneration; decay.

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Catholicly adverb · 78% connection

In a catholic manner; generally; universally.

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Clear superl. · 78% connection

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Credibly adverb · 78% connection

In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.

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Decentering noun · 78% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Decentration noun · 78% connection

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…

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Divulge verb · 78% connection

To make public; to several or communicate to the public; to tell (a secret) so that it may become generally known; to disclose; -- sai…

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Evidence noun · 78% connection

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or jud…

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Evident adjective · 78% connection

Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; as, the figure or color of a body is ev…

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Evince verb · 78% connection

To conquer; to subdue.

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Express adjective · 78% connection

Exactly representing; exact.

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Fame noun · 78% connection

Public report or rumor.

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