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Thematic
Of or pertaining to a theme
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licentious
- - sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
- - unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral
- - going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits; disregarding rules.
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apathy
- - absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
- - lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
Antonyms = ardor, fervor.
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conflate
to combine or blend (two things, esp two versions of a text) so as to form a whole (MERGE)
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didactic
- adjective
- - intended for instruction; instructive: didactic poetry.
- - inclined to teach or lecture others too much: a boring, didactic speaker.
- - teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson.
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enigmatic
- resembling an enigma; perplexing; mysterious
- enigma: (noun) a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation/person, thing
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-ambivalent
- having "mixed" feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action
- of or pertaining to the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action,
- simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.
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inadvertently
- - unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- - not attentive; heedless.
- - of, pertaining to, or characterized by lack of attention.
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paradigmatic
- of or relating to paradigm below (sameness, of or relating to set standards, framework)
- Paradigm:
- - a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme.
- - a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.2.an example serving as a model; pattern. Synonyms: mold, standard; ideal, paragon, touchstone.
- - a framework containing the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methodology that are commonly accepted by members of a scientific community.
- - such a cognitive framework shared by members of any discipline or group:
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unequivocal
- not equivocal; unambiguous; clear; having only one possible meaning or interpretation
- absolute; unqualified; not subject to conditions or exceptions
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posit
- - to place, put, or set.
- - to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.
- - something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
- Postulate:
- - to claim or assume the existence or truth of, especially as a basis for reasoning or arguing.
- - something taken as self-evident or assumed without proof as a basis for reasoning.
- - a fundamental principle, prerequisite
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premise
- evidence, examples
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