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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antiquity in CommonParlance
- definition the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
- definition extreme oldness
- definition an artifact surviving from the past
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antiredeposition in CommonParlance
- definition the process of preventing redeposition
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antireligiousness in CommonParlance
- definition The state or condition of being opposed to religion.
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antisatellite in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to a system to destroy satellites in orbit
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antisemitic in CommonParlance
- definition relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews
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antisemitism in CommonParlance
- definition the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
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antisepsis in CommonParlance
- definition (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms
- definition the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms
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antiseptic in CommonParlance
- definition thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
- definition clean and honest
- definition freeing from error or corruption
- definition devoid of objectionable language
- definition a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
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antisepticize in CommonParlance
- definition disinfect with an antiseptic
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antiserum in CommonParlance
- definition blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease
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antisocial in CommonParlance
- definition shunning contact with others
- definition hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior
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antisocial personality disorder in CommonParlance
- definition a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic personality’ was once widely used but was superseded by ‘sociopathic personality’ to indicate the social aspects of the disorder, but now ‘antisocial personality disorder’ is the preferred term)
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antispasmodic in CommonParlance
- definition a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)
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antispasmodic agent in CommonParlance
- definition a drug used to relieve or prevent spasms (especially of the smooth muscles)
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antistrophe in CommonParlance
- definition the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem
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antistrophic in CommonParlance
- definition of or relating to an antistrophe
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antisubmarine in CommonParlance
- definition defensive against enemy submarines
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antisyphilitic in CommonParlance
- definition a drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis
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antitank in CommonParlance
- definition designed for defense against armored vehicles
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antitauon in CommonParlance
- definition an antilepton of very great mass
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antithesis in CommonParlance
- definition exact opposite
- definition the juxtaposition of contrasting words or ideas to give a feeling of balance
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antithetic in CommonParlance
- definition sharply contrasted in character or purpose
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antithetical in CommonParlance
- definition sharply contrasted in character or purpose
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antithetically in CommonParlance
- definition with antithesis; in an antithetical manner
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antithyroid in CommonParlance
- definition having the effect of counteracting excessive thyroid activity