CommonParlance
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Ordinary-language usages. Seeded from the Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025, CC BY 4.0.
Context admission
Admitted. Context admission is separate from purpose assessments and factual verdicts.
Why maintain this knowledge?
No justification recorded. This does not mean the knowledge is unjustified; no applicable assessment has been adopted.
Particular uses
These assessments concern specific investigations, audiences, or applications. They do not replace the default justification or authorize other uses.
No particular uses recorded here.
Review or propose an assessment
Purpose authoring is optional. Propose a more specific default or a particular use only when there is something more specific to say. Each proposal includes its scope and reasoning in one market.
Purpose assessments are separate from factual reasoning and context admission. A missing or denied purpose does not change a factual verdict or prevent context creation.
Child contexts
- Science Proposed
Terms in this context
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descriptively in CommonParlance
- definition by giving a description
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descriptivism in CommonParlance
- definition (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value
- definition (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics
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descriptor in CommonParlance
- definition the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- definition a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
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descry in CommonParlance
- definition catch sight of
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desecrate in CommonParlance
- definition violate the sacred character of a place or language
- definition remove the consecration from a person or an object
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desecrated in CommonParlance
- definition treated with disrespect and contempt
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desecration in CommonParlance
- definition blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
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desegrated in CommonParlance
- definition rid of segregation; having had segregation ended
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desegregate in CommonParlance
- definition open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
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desegregation in CommonParlance
- definition the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
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desensitisation in CommonParlance
- definition the process of reducing sensitivity
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desensitisation procedure in CommonParlance
- definition a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
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desensitisation technique in CommonParlance
- definition a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
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desensitise in CommonParlance
- definition cause not to be sensitive
- definition make insensitive
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desensitising in CommonParlance
- definition making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
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desensitization in CommonParlance
- definition the process of reducing sensitivity
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desensitization procedure in CommonParlance
- definition a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
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desensitization technique in CommonParlance
- definition a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
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desensitize in CommonParlance
- definition cause not to be sensitive
- definition make insensitive
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desensitizing in CommonParlance
- definition making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
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desert in CommonParlance
- definition arid land with little or no vegetation
- definition (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
- definition leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- definition desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
- definition leave behind
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desert boot in CommonParlance
- definition a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
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desert four o'clock in CommonParlance
- definition wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico
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desert holly in CommonParlance
- definition handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration
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desert iguana in CommonParlance
- definition small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico