cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
animé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/
Forms: form: anime
Etymology: Borrowed from French animé (“animated”), supposedly from the insects entrapped in it. Doublet of animate.
Senses: glosses: The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes.
Synonyms: word: courbaril
animé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/
Forms: form: animé
form: animés
Etymology: From the addition of an accent to anime to denote its pronunciation, or possibly through conflation with the above etymology.
Senses: examples: text: The popularity of Japanese manga and animé in America raises the question of why these forms of Japanese culture appeal to so many Americans. My quick answer is that the characters featured in manga and animé have a cross-cultural[…]
ref: 2008 October 23, Mark I. West, The Japanification of Children's Popular Culture: From Godzilla to Miyazaki, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 191:
text: Leiji Matsumoto's Space Battleship Yamato (1974–1975) is considered a monumental work of Japanese science fiction, sustaining a solid fan base since its appearance as an animé and manga in late 1974.
ref: 2017 January 5, Wheeler Winston Dixon, Richard Graham, A Brief History of Comic Book Movies, Springer, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: Alternative spelling of anime.
anime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ănĭmā
ipa: /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/
note: Indic
enpr: ə-nĭ-mā'
ipa: /ənɪˈme/
note: Indic
Forms: form: anime
form: animes
form: animé
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation, from Latin animātiō, from animāre.
Senses: examples: text: I can draw an anime version of you, if you want.
text: Touching on themes as disparate as sex, death, science fiction and romance, manga and anime catered to all ages and tastes. Commercial hits like “Pokémon” and “Dragon Ball Z,” meanwhile, projected a new image of Japan to the world.
ref: 2019 July 28, Emiko Jozuka, “Japanese anime: From ‘Disney of the East’ to a global industry worth billions”, in CNN:
glosses: An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.
examples: text: Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon / 'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes / That make me think the wrong thing
ref: 1998, “One Week”, performed by Barenaked Ladies:
text: After three months of successful sales in manga form, it was made into an anime for television.
ref: 2005, Peter J. Katzenstein, A World of Regions, page 165:
text: Usually the manga comes first, though it may be an offshoot of a novel, and an anime may be inspired by a video game.
ref: 2005, Joan D. Vinge, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, page cix:
text: These anime prepared the way for Otaku no video, a two-part Original Video Animation (OVA).
ref: 2006, Thomas LaMarre, edited by Tomiko Yoda and Harry D. Harootunian, Japan After Japan, page 363:
text: Originally found in the opening dialogue sequence from the 1989 Japanese space shoot’em up game “Zero Wing,” this awkward translation of the phrase “all of your bases are under our control” swept across gaming message boards and forums in the late 1990s, giving rise to one of the first epic-scale “Photoshop memes” based on poorly translated quotes from Japanese video games and animes.
ref: 2014 March 11, Ben Huh, “10 classic memes that owned the Internet”, in CNN:
glosses: An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
glosses: An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.
Synonyms: sense: a Japanese animated work
word: Japanimation
sense: a Japanese animated work
word: Japanime
Hypernyms: sense: a Japanese animated work
word: cartoon
sense: a Japanese animated work
word: animation
Coordinate terms: sense: a Japanese animated work
english: a Japanese graphic illustration work
translation: a Japanese graphic illustration work
word: manga
sense: a Chinese animated work
word: dònghuà
Derived terms: Americanime
animanga
animelike
animesque
animeverse
anitwt
Japanime
manime
pseudo anime
tranime
anime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ănĭmā
ipa: /ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/
note: Indic
enpr: ə-nĭ-mā'
ipa: /ənɪˈme/
note: Indic
Etymology: Borrowed from French animé (“animated”) (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of animé (“the resin of the courbaril”).
seiyuu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪjuː/
rhymes: -eɪjuː
Forms: form: seiyuu
form: seiyuus
form: seiyu
form: seiyū
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”).
Senses: examples: text: i was just wondering if any seiyuus did/do any other voice acting for things besides anime, like video games and other such media.
ref: 1998 November 8, jjiz...@forest.drew.edu, “seiyuus in other media?”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: I was thinking, have there ever been any seiyuu that are native English speakers but have learned Japanese and won a role as an anime character?
ref: 2001 March 23, Marcus Mas, “[OT] English speaking seiyuu?”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):
text: And the seiyuus all fit very nicely with their characters, especially Takuya, who voices our main man, Hikigaya.
ref: December 2013, Pax Alquiza in Anime Reign Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 2
text: Kasahara might be better-known today to most U.S. fans as an anime seiyuu (voice actor); she played Fuu in Magic Knights Rayearth and Misuki's mother, Hazuki, in Full Moon wo Sagashite.
ref: 2014, p. 189
glosses: A voice actor in a native-language version anime, a video game, a radio broadcast or an advertisement in Japan.
seiyuu
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪjuː/
rhymes: -eɪjuː
Forms: form: seiyuus
form: seiyuuing
form: seiyuued
form: seiyuued
form: seiyu
form: seiyū
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 声優 (seiyū), from Middle Chinese 聲 (*ɕiɛ̝ŋ, “sound, voice”) + 優 (*ʔɨu, “actor”).
Senses: examples: text: me, i just want to know all anime that ogata has seiyuued in and who she was the voice actress for.
ref: 1996 June 9, kristyn lier, “Megumi Ogata Roles”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):
text: Tomokazu Seki also appears in his theater company "Hero-Hero-Q"'s stage plays when he's not seiyuu-ing.
ref: 2001 July 22, sumire, “Re: Seiyuu as Live Actors.”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: See below, in which she cosplays as Char Aznable and the character she seiyuu'd […]
ref: 2004 May 4, Neo-Era, “Yumiko Shaku Zaku”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
glosses: To take on a role as a voice actor in a Japanese production, or perform a certain character in such a production.
manga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmæŋɡə/
rhymes: -ɑŋɡə
rhymes: -æŋɡə
Forms: form: manga
form: mangas
form: mangwa
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.
Senses: examples: text: English speakers are quick to notice the at times incorrect use of English in anime and manga. Many English words are customarily used in standard Japanese speech, and sometimes they are pronounced and employed in a manner quite different from their native use.
ref: 2001, Gilles Poitras, “What makes anime unique”, in Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know, page 63:
text: Manga (Japanese comics) are everywhere. Even here in Auckland. One can find various titles in their original versions as well as in Chinese, Korean and English translations.
ref: 2007, Yukako Sunaoshi, “Who reads comics? Manga readership among first-generation Asian immigrants in New Zealand”, in Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan, page 94:
text: Manga-influenced comics by Western authors are frequently sold alongside manga, although in most bookstores the decision is primarily a matter of format and packaging (i.e., whether the book is printed in the compact manga size or the traditionally larger American comic book format).
ref: 2012, Jason Thompson, “Introduction”, in Manga: The Complete Guide, page 46:
topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
coordinate_terms: manhwa
manhua
glosses: A comic originating in Japan.
examples: text: Touching on themes as disparate as sex, death, science fiction and romance, manga and anime catered to all ages and tastes. Commercial hits like “Pokémon” and “Dragon Ball Z,” meanwhile, projected a new image of Japan to the world.
ref: 2019 July 28, Emiko Jozuka, “Japanese anime: From ‘Disney of the East’ to a global industry worth billions”, in CNN:
glosses: An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
examples: text: Lately I've been reading a Brazilian manga.
glosses: Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.
Hyponyms: english: independent or fan-produced manga
translation: independent or fan-produced manga
word: doujinshi
Derived terms: Amerimanga
animanga
Euromanga
impromanga
la nouvelle manga
mangadom
manga mark
Related terms: word: mangaka
english: Japanese animation
translation: Japanese animation
word: anime
manga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmæŋɡə/
rhymes: -ɑŋɡə
rhymes: -æŋɡə
Forms: form: mangas
Etymology: From Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A covering for a crucifix.
manga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmæŋɡə/
rhymes: -ɑŋɡə
rhymes: -æŋɡə
Forms: form: mangas
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mango (“the fruit”).
manga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmɑːŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋɡə/
ipa: /ˈmæŋɡə/
rhymes: -ɑŋɡə
rhymes: -æŋɡə
Forms: form: mangas
Etymology: Short for mangalitsa.
Senses: glosses: A mangalitsa pig.
doujinshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /doʊˈd͡ʒɪnʃi/
Forms: form: doujinshi
form: doujinshis
form: dojinshi
form: dōjinshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 同(どう)人(じん)誌(し) (dōjinshi, “fan-produced manga or essay booklets”), from 同(どう)人(じん) (dōjin, “group for the same interest”) + 誌(し) (shi, “magazine or a pamphlet”).
Senses: topics: comics
literature
manga
media
publishing
glosses: A fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga.
Related terms: doujin
doujin circle
doujin event
doujin soft
sensei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛnseɪ/
rhymes: -ɛnseɪ
Forms: form: sensei
form: senseis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), from 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”) + 生 (MC sraeng, “born”). Compare modern Mandarin 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”). Doublet of sinseh, from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ).
Senses: synonyms: sifu
shifu
glosses: A martial arts instructor; especially one for a Japanese martial art.
glosses: A Japanese (language) teacher (sometimes used as a suffix attached to the name of a teacher, principally in translations from Japanese).
glosses: A teacher, guide or mentor, in the context of Japan.
Related terms: sinseh
dojo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdəʊdʒəʊ/
ipa: [ˈdəʊ̯d͡ʒəʊ̯]
ipa: /ˈdoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/
ipa: [ˈdoʊ̯ˌd͡ʒoʊ̯]
rhymes: -əʊdʒəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 泥鰌 (dojō, “pond loach”).
Senses: examples: text: The head of the dojô is small, the mouth is surrounded by six or eight barbules as is the case with several species of fish which inhabit muddy streams. [...] A microscopic examination showed them [the barbules] to be rich in muscular fibres for movement, and through the centre run a thick bundle of very delicate nerve fibres which spread out on the surface of each barbule's tip. These, I suppose from the manner which the dojô dips its head down, assist in the search for food, [...]
ref: 1878 January 26, H[enry] Faulds, “Remarks on the Dojô”, in Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, volume VI, part I, Yokohama: Printed at the “Japan Mail” Office, →OCLC, page 183:
text: [A] comparative test on susceptibility to E1-43, 064 between the goldfish and ‘Dojo’ fish was made by dipping method. The result has shown that the ‘Dojo’ fish is 5.32 times as susceptible as the goldfish to E1-43, 064.
ref: 1971, Robert M. Howland, editor, Sport Fishery Abstracts, volume 16, number 1, Narragansett, R.I.: Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, →ISSN, →OCLC, abstract 13071, page 68:
text: All of us kids used to swim in the stream and fish for dojo, funa, and goby.
ref: 2007, John R. K. Clark, “Jizo the Protector”, in Guardian of the Sea: Jizo in Hawaiʻi (Latitude 20 Book), Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: The dojo loach, Japanese weather loach, or pond loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a freshwater fish native to East Asia.
CEO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CEOs
form: C.E.O.
form: C. E. O.
form: ceo
Senses: examples: text: CEOs who once made 50 times the average worker’s salary made more than 500 times as much in 2001.
ref: 2010 December 4, Evan Thomas, “Why It’s Time to Worry”, in Newsweek:
text: Stack ranking had come into fashion after GE CEO Jack Welch used a similar system, called rank-and-yank, to turn around that company in the 1980s and 1990s.
ref: 2015 January 2, Nicholas Carlson, “The Day Marissa Mayer's Honeymoon At Yahoo Ended”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2022:
text: Swisher then looked back at a number of tech CEOs booked for the conference in the past — from Steve Jobs to Elon Musk — and relayed that “we never promised anything or gave them any heads up. We’re journalists FFS.”
ref: 2023 September 28, Benjamin Lindsay, quoting Kara Swisher, “Kara Swisher Defends Ex-Twitter Exec Upstaging CEO Linda Yaccarino”, in TheWrap:
topics: business
hypernyms: CXO
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coordinate_terms: COO
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more at [[CXO#English:_Chief [X] Officer, with variable|CXO § Hyponyms]]
glosses: Initialism of chief executive officer.
glosses: Initialism of civil enforcement officer.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of current engine option.
topics: government
glosses: Initialism of city engineering office.
Related terms: sense: chief executive officer
word: CCO
sense: chief executive officer
word: CFO
sense: chief executive officer
word: CIO
sense: chief executive officer
word: co-CEO
sense: chief executive officer
word: CSO
sense: chief executive officer
word: CTO
sense: chief executive officer
word: CXO
sense: chief executive officer
word: she-E-O
sense: current engine option
word: NEO
CEO
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: CEOs
form: CEOing
form: CEOed
form: CEOed
Senses: examples: text: Daddy-David's answer was CEOing. He'd CEOed at three companies, most recently as head of an electronic sensor manufacturer. “He's completely turned them around in less than a year,” Lise trilled, “and never missed Friday afternoon Bible study.”
ref: 2018, Michael Andreoni, The Window Is a Mirror, Livonia, MI: BHC Press, →ISBN, page unknown:
text: “We’d like you to be our CEO,” the board would say, and the CEO would say “sounds great but I am also the CEO of another company, is that a problem,” and the board would say “yes of course that’s a problem, we meant you’d quit your other CEO job and work for us, that’s how CEOing works, […]”
ref: 2020 March 2, Matt Levine, “Twitter Owner Wants Full-Time CEO”, in Bloomberg, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2020:
glosses: To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company.
corporate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/
ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɹət/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.ət/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.pɹət/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɔ(r)p(ɵ)reʈ/
Forms: form: corporates
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.
ref: 2009 January 11, Robert D. Hershey Jr., “Look Past 2008 Stars for Gains in Bonds”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A bond issued by a corporation.
examples: text: Currently there are 19 members, who are all in Spotlight and belong to Equity. Areas of work include theatre, musicals, television, film, commercials, corporates and voiceovers.
ref: 2013, Simon Dunmore, Actors' Yearbook 2014:
glosses: A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
examples: text: McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.
topics: business
glosses: A corporation that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.
topics: business
glosses: A corporate company or group.
examples: text: it came down from corporate
text: The work could be rewarding, but corporate is micro-managing everything.
topics: business
glosses: The higher managerial echelons of a corporation.
corporate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/
ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɹət/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.ət/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.pɹət/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɔ(r)p(ɵ)reʈ/
ipa: /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.eɪt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pəɹət
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pɹət
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pəɹeɪt
ipa: /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/
ipa: /ˈkɔː.pɹət/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.ət/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹ.pɹət/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈkɔ(r)p(ɵ)reʈ/
Forms: form: corporates
form: corporating
form: corporated
form: corporated
Etymology: First attested in 1398; from Middle English corporaten (“to incorporate, assimilate; to constitute as a legal corporation”), either from corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical”, also used as the past participle of corporaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix) or directly from Latin corporātus + -en, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Senses: examples: text: This hospital of Savoy was again new founded, erected, corporated , and endowed with lands by Queen Mary
ref: 1598, John Stow, A Survey of London:
glosses: To incorporate.
glosses: To become incorporated.
Derived terms: concorporate
discorporate
encorporate
extracorporated
board of directors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boards of directors
Senses: glosses: A group of people elected by stockholders to establish corporate policies and make management decisions.
Meronyms: chairperson
chair
chairwoman
chairman
board member
Related terms: word: directive
word: directorate
word: directorship
english: sometimes meronymous
translation: sometimes meronymous
word: managing director
word: overboarded
word: overboarding
party
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑː.ti/
ipa: /ˈpɑɹ.ti/
ipa: [ˈpʰɑɹɾi]
ipa: /ˈpɐːti/
ipa: [ˈpʰɐː.ɾi]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: parties
form: partying
form: partied
form: partied
Etymology: From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija).
Senses: examples: text: We partied until the early hours.
glosses: To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself.
examples: text: “Miss, do you party?” the boy asked. “What?” Jennifer asked back. “Do you smoke? I'll get you some cheap. One American dollar equals forty Jamaican dollars. I'll get you as much of the stuff as you need.”
ref: 2004, Daniel Nicholas Shields, Firewoman:
glosses: To take recreational drugs.
glosses: To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats.
examples: text: If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer.
topics: games
gaming
glosses: To form a party (with).
Derived terms: partier
party down
party hardy
party on
party
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑː.ti/
ipa: /ˈpɑɹ.ti/
ipa: [ˈpʰɑɹɾi]
ipa: /ˈpɐːti/
ipa: [ˈpʰɐː.ɾi]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
Forms: form: more party
form: most party
Etymology: From Middle English party, partye, partie, from Anglo-Norman partie, from Old French partie (“side, part; portion, share; separation, division”, literally “that which is divided”), noun use of feminine of past participle of Old French partir (“to divide, separate”), from Latin partire (“to share, part, distribute, divide”), from pars (“a part, piece, a share”); see also part. First attested in c. 1300. Doublet of partita. The sense of communist party of a communist state derives Russian партия (partija), short for Коммунистическая партия (Kommunističeskaja partija).
Senses: glosses: Partly.
party
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑː.ti/
ipa: /ˈpɑɹ.ti/
ipa: [ˈpʰɑɹɾi]
ipa: /ˈpɐːti/
ipa: [ˈpʰɐː.ɾi]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ti
Etymology: From Middle English party, from Old French parti (“parted”), from Latin partītus (“parted”), past participle of partiō (“to divide”). More at part.
Senses: examples: text: an escutcheon party per pale
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
qualifier: except in compounds
glosses: Divided; in part.
Divided into parts of different tinctures, usually equal, and especially following the lines of one of the ordinaries.
examples: text: Now converging, now diverging, these fences presented a striking irregularity of contour. No fence was party, nor any part of any fence.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
qualifier: except in compounds
glosses: Divided; in part.
Shared by two properties and serving to divide them.
raw_tags: of a fence or wall
glosses: Favoring one party; partisan.
Derived terms: sense: Derived terms of party (adjective)
word: party-coated
sense: Derived terms of party (adjective)
word: party-colour
sense: Derived terms of party (adjective)
word: party-coloured
sense: Derived terms of party (adjective)
word: party-gold
sense: Derived terms of party (adjective)
word: party line
sense: Derived terms of party (adjective)
word: party wall
plank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /plæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
homophone: Planck
Forms: form: planks
form: planking
form: planked
form: planked
Etymology: From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublets planch and planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively.
Senses: examples: text: to plank a floor or a ship
text: Plank'd with pine.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Second Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To cover something with planking.
examples: text: Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
ref: 1998, Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin, page 147:
glosses: To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
examples: text: to plank money in a wager
text: Joe planked the money down in the officer of a newspaper editor and awaited results. There weren't any.
ref: 1963, George Blaikie, Scandals of Australia's Strange Past, Adelaide: Rigby Limited, page 117:
glosses: To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
glosses: To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
glosses: To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
examples: text: The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine. A friend said some guests had not heard of planking and Claudia was demonstrating how ridiculous it was.
ref: 2011 May 23, “Party finishes up in plonking after attempt at planking in Kingsford”, in Herald Sun:
text: Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.
ref: 2011 May 24, “Tourists snapped planking at iconic landmarks around the world”, in The Australian:
glosses: To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
faction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæk.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈfæk.ʃn̩/
rhymes: -ækʃən
Forms: form: factions
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin factiō (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faciō (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion.
Senses: examples: text: Real factions may be divided into those from interest, from principle, and from affection
ref: 1748, David Hume, “Of Parties in General — How factions arise and contend.”, in Essays, Moral and Political:
text: Prejudice has bred a counterprejudice so that now neither faction can nor will see without distortion.
ref: 1971, Jesse J. Johnson, Black Armed Forces officers, 1736-1971:
text: The Chinese Communist army in Kiangsi province has split into two factions struggling against each other following the purge of the "gang of four" led by Chiang Ching, according to an intelligence report from the Chinese mainland.
ref: 1976 November 28, “Kiangsi army split into two”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVII, number 47, Taipei, page 3:
synonyms: fringe
glosses: A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
examples: text: Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.
ref: 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, page 188:
text: He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.
ref: 2001, Odd Magne Bakke, "Concord and Peace": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition, publ. Mohr Siebeck, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: Strife; discord.
Derived terms: factional
factionalize
factionate
factioneer
factioner
factionist
factionless
interfaction
multifaction
subfaction
Related terms: sense: Terms etymologically related to faction (etymology 1)
word: fact
sense: Terms etymologically related to faction (etymology 1)
word: -faction
sense: Terms etymologically related to faction (etymology 1)
word: factor
sense: Terms etymologically related to faction (etymology 1)
word: factorial
sense: Terms etymologically related to faction (etymology 1)
word: factory
sense: Terms etymologically related to faction (etymology 1)
word: fashion
word: splinter group
faction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæk.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈfæk.ʃn̩/
rhymes: -ækʃən
Etymology: Blend of fact + fiction.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: fictionalization
text: Blind genius of faction / Obituary of Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer [title]
ref: 1986 June 16, W. J. Weatherby, “Blind genius of faction”, in The Guardian:
text: Contemporary reviewers offered different labels in attempts to describe the genre of Schindler's List. Lorna Sage, D.J. Enright and Robert Taubman called it a ‘documentary novel’; Paul Bailey and Gay Firth ‘faction’; […]
ref: 2000, Sue Vice, Holocaust Fiction, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 93:
text: [Norman Mailer] was, though, absolutely the daddy of faction, his novels or journalism reporting every conflict from 1939 to Iraq and biographising Americans including John F Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali and Neil Armstrong.
ref: 2007 November 12, Mark Lawson, “The king of faction”, in The Guardian:
topics: broadcasting
film
literature
media
publishing
television
glosses: A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction.
glosses: The facts found in fiction.
Derived terms: science faction
Related terms: nonfiction novel
opinion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɪnjən/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɵˈpin(ɪ)jən/
rhymes: -ɪnjən
Forms: form: opinions
form: opinioning
form: opinioned
form: opinioned
Etymology: From English opine + -ion, from Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin opīniō, from opīnor (“to opine”). Displaced native Old English wēna.
Senses: examples: text: Philoſophers that opinioned the vvorlds deſtruction by fire, did never dreame of annihilation, vvhich is beyond the povver of ſublunary cauſes; for the laſt and proper action of that element [fire] is but vitrification, or a reduction of a body into Glaſſe, and therefore ſome of our Chymicks factiouſly affirme; yea, and urge Scripture for it, that at the laſt fire all ſhall be cryſtallized and reverberated into Glaſſe, vvhich is the utmoſt action of that element.
ref: 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “The First Part”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC, page 97:
text: But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon[…], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother […]
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC:
glosses: To have or express as an opinion.
fact
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fækt/
rhymes: -ækt
Etymology: From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat.
Senses: glosses: Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
objective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/
ipa: /əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/
ipa: /əbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: objectives
Etymology: From Middle English obgectyf, from Middle French objectif and its etymon Medieval Latin obiectīvus. By surface analysis, object + -ive.
Senses: glosses: A material object that physically exists.
examples: text: His [Henry Sweet's] true objective was the provision of a full, accurate, legible script for our noble but ill-dressed language; but he was led past that by his contempt for the popular Pitman system of Shorthand, which he called the Pitfall system.
ref: 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion. Preface.”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, page 101:
text: In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.
ref: 1957 July 23, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:
text: The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252:
text: Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether thatʼs statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at itʼ – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. Itʼs crucial that your objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
ref: 2012, Christine Wilding, chapter 2, in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Croydon, UK: CPI Group (UK) Ltd, page 15:
text: The new imperative for investment is the Government's objective to secure carbon-neutral transport emissions by 2040.
ref: 2020 December 2, Industry Insider, “The costs of cutting carbon”, in Rail, page 76:
glosses: A goal that is striven for.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: object case
objective case
glosses: The objective case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
synonyms: objective lens
glosses: The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
Derived terms: behavioral objective
cost objective
learning objective
recovery time objective
subobjective
teleobjective
Related terms: goal
subjective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
ipa: /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: more subjective
form: most subjective
Etymology: From subject + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Formed, as in opinions, based upon a person's feelings or intuition, rather than upon observation or purely logical reasoning; coming more from within the observer than from observations of the external environment.
glosses: Pertaining to subjects as opposed to objects (A subject is one who perceives or is aware; an object is the thing perceived or the thing that the subject is aware of.)
examples: text: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.[…]But as a foundation for analysis it is highly subjective: it rests on difficult decisions about what counts as a territory, what counts as output and how to value it. Indeed, economists are still tweaking it.
ref: 2013 August 3, “Boundary problems”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
glosses: Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily or directly from external stimuli.
glosses: Lacking in reality or substance.
glosses: As used by Carl Jung, the innate worldview orientation of the introverted personality types.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
psychology
sciences
glosses: Experienced by a person mentally and not directly verifiable by others.
examples: text: The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.
ref: 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, →ISBN:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Describing conjugation of a verb that indicates only the subject (agent), not indicating the object (patient) of the action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
Derived terms: antisubjective
intersubjective
intrasubjective
metasubjective
nonsubjective
semisubjective
subjectivation
subjective case
subjectively
subjectiveness
subjective synonym
subjective time
subjective tinnitus
subjectivism
subjectivist
subjectivity
subjectivization
subjectivize
syndrome of subjective doubles
unsubjective
subjective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
ipa: /sʌbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: subjectives
Etymology: From subject + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The subjective case.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A noun or pronoun in the subjective case.
similarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: /ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: /ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi]
ipa: /ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ti/
ipa: [ˌsɪm.əˈlɛɹ.ɾi]
ipa: /ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌsɪm.əˈlæɹ.ə.ɾi]
ipa: /ˌsəm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: [ˌsəm.əˈlɛɹ.ə.ɾi]
rhymes: -æɹɪti
Forms: form: similarities
Etymology: From French similarité. Morphologically similar + -ity
Senses: glosses: Closeness of appearance to something else.
examples: text: Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.
ref: 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The relation of sharing properties.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A transformation (of a Euclidean space) that preserves angles and the ratios of distances
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of two matrices being similar.
Synonyms: word: resemblance
word: likeness
word: semblance
word: similitude
word: similarity
Derived terms: self-similarity
Related terms: likeness
alikeness
gain
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: enpr: gān
ipa: /ɡeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Etymology: From dialectal English gen, gin, short for again, agen (“against”); also Middle English gain, gayn, gein, ȝæn (“against”), from Old English gēan, geġn (“against”). More at against.
Senses: glosses: Against.
Derived terms: foregain
gainful
gain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: gān
ipa: /ɡeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: more gain
form: most gain
Etymology: From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (“straight, direct, short, fit, good”), from Old Norse gegn (“straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly”), from gegn (“opposite, against”, adverb) (whence gagna (“to go against, meet, suit, be meet”)); see above. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (“fitly, quickly”), from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: the gainest way
text: [...] many times his horse and he plunged over the head in deep mires, for he knew not the way, but took the gainest way in that woodness, that many times he was like to perish.
ref: 1485 July 23, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XX, in William Caxton, editor, Le Morte D’Arthur, volume 1:
glosses: Straight, direct; near; short.
glosses: Suitable; convenient; ready.
glosses: Easy; tolerable; handy, dexterous.
glosses: Honest; respectable; moderate; cheap.
Derived terms: gainand
gainly
gainsome
ungain
gain
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: gān
ipa: /ɡeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: more gain
form: most gain
Etymology: From Middle English gayn, gein, geyn (“straight, direct, short, fit, good”), from Old Norse gegn (“straight, direct, short, ready, serviceable, kindly”), from gegn (“opposite, against”, adverb) (whence gagna (“to go against, meet, suit, be meet”)); see above. Adverb from Middle English gayn, gayne (“fitly, quickly”), from the adjective.
Senses: glosses: Straightly; quickly; by the nearest way or means.
glosses: Suitably; conveniently; dexterously; moderately.
examples: text: gain quiet
translation: fairly/pretty quiet
english: fairly/pretty quiet
glosses: Tolerably; fairly.
gain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gān
ipa: /ɡeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Forms: form: gains
Etymology: Compare Welsh gan (“a mortise”).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A square or bevelled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
quote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwəʊt/
ipa: [k(ʰ)wəʊt]
ipa: [kʰwoʊt]
ipa: [kʰwəwt]
ipa: [k(ʰ)woːt]
ipa: [kʰwɐʉt]
note: Indic
ipa: /k(w)oʈ/
homophone: coat
homophone: (non-rhotic) court
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: quotes
Etymology: From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.
Senses: examples: text: She loved reading quotes of famous people.
glosses: A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
glosses: A quotation mark.
examples: text: After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff.
glosses: A summary of work to be done with a set price; a quotation.
coordinate_terms: order
purchase order
glosses: A price set and offered (by the potential seller) for a financial security or commodity; a quotation.
Derived terms: air quote
angle quote
blind quote
corner quote
curly quote
direct quote
double angle quote
double-quote
double quote
duckfoot quote
end of quote
Fregean quote
pull-quote
pull quote
Quine quote
quote-driven
quote mark
quote mining
quote on quote
quote retweet
quote-seeker
quote stuffing
quote tweet
quote-tweet
rent-a-quote
scare quote
semi-quote
shudder quote
single angle quote
single quote
sneer quote
straight quote
quote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwəʊt/
ipa: [k(ʰ)wəʊt]
ipa: [kʰwoʊt]
ipa: [kʰwəwt]
ipa: [k(ʰ)woːt]
ipa: [kʰwɐʉt]
note: Indic
ipa: /k(w)oʈ/
homophone: coat
homophone: (non-rhotic) court
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: quotes
form: quoting
form: quoted
form: quoted
Etymology: From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.
Senses: examples: text: The writer quoted the president's speech.
glosses: To repeat (the exact words of a person).
examples: text: Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?
glosses: To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
topics: business
commerce
glosses: To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
glosses: To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
examples: text: But must our moderne Critticks envious eye
Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?
ref: 1598, John Marston, “Satyre IV”, in The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image, and Certaine Satyres (poem):
text: That hath made him mad.
I am sorry that with better heed and judgment
I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …
ref: 1600, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 2, scene 1:
text: I prethe doe, twill be a sceane of mirth
For me to quote his passions and his smiles,
His amorous haviour, …
ref: 1606, John Day, The Isle of Gulls:
glosses: To observe, to take account of.
Synonyms: sense: repeat words
word: cite
Derived terms: don't quote me
misquote
quota
quotable
quotation
unquote
quote
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwəʊt/
ipa: [k(ʰ)wəʊt]
ipa: [kʰwoʊt]
ipa: [kʰwəwt]
ipa: [k(ʰ)woːt]
ipa: [kʰwɐʉt]
note: Indic
ipa: /k(w)oʈ/
homophone: coat
homophone: (non-rhotic) court
rhymes: -əʊt
Etymology: From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.
Senses: glosses: Used in speech to indicate the start of a quotation.
Derived terms: quote unquote
Related terms: attest
invoice
MSRP
quotation mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩ mɑɹk/
Forms: form: quotation marks
Senses: glosses: Either of a pair of quotation marks used to denote a quotation in writing. In North America, South Africa and Australia, they may look “like this” (called inverted commas) or "like this" (straight quotes). In the United Kingdom and Ireland, they usually look ‘like this’ or 'like this'.
Derived terms: double angle quotation mark
Related terms: ditto mark
dumb quotes
guillemet
inverted comma
inverted commas
ironic quotes
smart quotes
straight quote
free speech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹiː ˈspiːtʃ/
Senses: examples: text: Saying certain things or posting fliers or writing in student or independent newspapers is not free speech but instead is sexual harassment or racial harassment.
ref: 2007, Wells Earl Draughon, While America Sleeps: How Islam, Immigration and Indoctrination Are Destroying America from Within, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 116:
text: I would argue that we must be concerned with free speech but that cyber racism is not free speech, it is racist speech that provides an opportunity to devalue part of humankind ...
ref: 2017, Fernne Brennan, Race Rights Reparations: Institutional Racism and The Law, Routledge, →ISBN:
synonyms: freedom of speech
coordinate_terms: compelled speech
glosses: The public expression of one's opinions without restraint or censorship.
examples: text: Section 8 (c) of the act has been erroneously referred to since its passage as a free-speech provision. Actually this section permits the employer to intimidate and coerce employees in the exercise of their rights guaranteed by the act. It is not a question of free speech at all. Giving the antiunion employer an unbridled right to condemn and deride the basic rights of employees to self-organization and collective bargaining is not free speech but a license to defeat the exercise of these fundamental rights.
ref: 1953, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Hearings, page 3631:
text: The term free speech, which appears in this book's subtitle as well as in its text, is used more or less interchangeably with freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of expression to refer to all of the expressive rights guaranteed by the forty-five words of the First Amendment, as interpreted by the U.S. courts.
ref: 2003, Mike Godwin, Cyber Rights, The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 2:
text: Using “free speech” as a cop-out is just as intellectually dishonest and just as morally bankrupt. […] Free speech is a bedrock value in this country. But it isn’t the only one. Like all values, it must be held in tension with others, such as equality, safety and robust democratic participation.
ref: 2019 October 4, Andrew Marantz, “Free Speech Is Killing Us”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: The ability or right, especially legal right, to make such expression.
Derived terms: free-speecher
Related terms: free as in speech
free-spoken
hate speech
freedom of movement
freedom of contract
freedom of the press
freedom of religion
freedom of assembly
right to keep and bear arms