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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anti-TNF compound in CommonParlance
- definition a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF); used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints
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anti-aestheticism in CommonParlance
- definition opposition to or rejection of the Aesthetic art movement.
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anti-aircraft cruiser in CommonParlance
- definition a light cruiser in which torpedo tubes and 6-inch low-angle guns were replaced by ten 4-inch high-angle guns to provide larger warships with protection against high-altitude bombers.
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anti-ballistic missile in CommonParlance
- definition a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles
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anti-democracy in CommonParlance
- definition opposition to democracy, typically, though not always, associated with anti-egalitarianism.
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anti-drug law in CommonParlance
- definition a law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs
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anti-dumping duty in CommonParlance
- definition a tariff imposed to prevent dumping
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anti-establishment in CommonParlance
- definition opposed to the establishment
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anti-impotence drug in CommonParlance
- definition drug to treat impotence attributable to erectile dysfunction
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anti-inflammatory in CommonParlance
- definition a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
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anti-inflammatory drug in CommonParlance
- definition a medicine intended to reduce inflammation
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anti-intellectual in CommonParlance
- definition smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
- definition a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
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anti-personnel bomb in CommonParlance
- definition a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles
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anti-racketeering law in CommonParlance
- definition law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions
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anti-selection in CommonParlance
- definition A situation where sellers have information that buyers don't (or vice versa) about some aspect of product quality.
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anti-semitic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews
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anti-submarine rocket in CommonParlance
- definition a shipboard system to fire rockets at submarines
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anti-sway bar in CommonParlance
- definition a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis
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anti-takeover defense in CommonParlance
- definition resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover
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anti-theatre in CommonParlance
- definition any form of drama which is not naturalistic, traditional, conventional or ‘legit’; thus, theatre which disobeys or actively goes against accepted laws and rules of dramaturgy.
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anti-torque rotor in CommonParlance
- definition rotor consisting of a rotating airfoil on the tail of a single-rotor helicopter; keeps the helicopter from spinning in the direction opposite to the rotation of the main rotor
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anti-traditionalism in CommonParlance
- definition Opposition to traditionalism.
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anti-virus program in CommonParlance
- definition a computer program that checks a computer for viruses and prevents their spread
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anti-war movement in CommonParlance
- definition a campaign against entering or continuing a war
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anti-white in CommonParlance
- definition Opposed to people of European ancestry