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[ "Heaven", "opposite of", "hell" ]
Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and eart...
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[ "Heaven", "instance of", "religious concept" ]
Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to Earth or incarnate and eart...
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[ "Daytime", "different from", "daylight" ]
Characteristics Approximately half of Earth is illuminated at any time by the Sun. The area subjected to direct illumination is almost exactly half the planet; but because of atmospheric and other effects that extend the reach of indirect illumination, the area of the planet covered by either direct or indirect illumin...
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[ "Daytime", "part of", "day" ]
Daytime as observed on Earth is the period of the day during which a given location experiences natural illumination from direct sunlight. Daytime occurs when the Sun appears above the local horizon, that is, anywhere on the globe's hemisphere facing the Sun. In direct sunlight the movement of the sun can be recorded a...
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[ "Daytime", "followed by", "civil twilight" ]
Characteristics Approximately half of Earth is illuminated at any time by the Sun. The area subjected to direct illumination is almost exactly half the planet; but because of atmospheric and other effects that extend the reach of indirect illumination, the area of the planet covered by either direct or indirect illumin...
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[ "White hole", "opposite of", "black hole" ]
In general relativity, a white hole is a hypothetical region of spacetime and singularity that cannot be entered from the outside, although energy-matter, light and information can escape from it. In this sense, it is the reverse of a black hole, from which energy-matter, light and information cannot escape. White hole...
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[ "White hole", "different from", "black hole" ]
In general relativity, a white hole is a hypothetical region of spacetime and singularity that cannot be entered from the outside, although energy-matter, light and information can escape from it. In this sense, it is the reverse of a black hole, from which energy-matter, light and information cannot escape. White hole...
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[ "White hole", "instance of", "scientific hypothesis" ]
In general relativity, a white hole is a hypothetical region of spacetime and singularity that cannot be entered from the outside, although energy-matter, light and information can escape from it. In this sense, it is the reverse of a black hole, from which energy-matter, light and information cannot escape. White hole...
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[ "White hole", "instance of", "hypothetical astronomical object" ]
In general relativity, a white hole is a hypothetical region of spacetime and singularity that cannot be entered from the outside, although energy-matter, light and information can escape from it. In this sense, it is the reverse of a black hole, from which energy-matter, light and information cannot escape. White hole...
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[ "Phlogiston theory", "opposite of", "oxygen" ]
The phlogiston theory is a superseded scientific theory that postulated the existence of a fire-like element called phlogiston () contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion. The name comes from the Ancient Greek φλογιστόν phlogistón (burning up), from φλόξ phlóx (flame). The idea was first propo...
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[ "Phlogiston theory", "creator", "Georg Ernst Stahl" ]
Georg Ernst Stahl In 1703 Georg Ernst Stahl, a professor of medicine and chemistry at Halle, proposed a variant of the theory in which he renamed Becher's terra pinguis to phlogiston, and it was in this form that the theory probably had its greatest influence. The term 'phlogiston' itself was not something that Stahl i...
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[ "Phlogiston theory", "creator", "Johann Joachim Becher" ]
Johann Joachim Becher In 1667, Johann Joachim Becher published his book Physica subterranea, which contained the first instance of what would become the phlogiston theory. In his book, Becher eliminated fire and air from the classical element model and replaced them with three forms of the earth: terra lapidea, terra f...
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[ "Phlogiston theory", "instance of", "superseded scientific theory" ]
The phlogiston theory is a superseded scientific theory that postulated the existence of a fire-like element called phlogiston () contained within combustible bodies and released during combustion. The name comes from the Ancient Greek φλογιστόν phlogistón (burning up), from φλόξ phlóx (flame). The idea was first propo...
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[ "South", "opposite of", "north" ]
Geography The Global South refers to the socially and economically less-developed southern half of the globe. 95% of the Global North has enough food and shelter, and a functioning education system. In the South, on the other hand, only 5% of the population has enough food and shelter. It "lacks appropriate technology,...
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[ "South", "part of", "cardinal direction" ]
Navigation By convention, the bottom or down-facing side of a map is south, although reversed maps exist that defy this convention. To go south using a compass for navigation, set a bearing or azimuth of 180°. Alternatively, in the Northern Hemisphere outside the tropics, the Sun will be roughly in the south at midday.
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[ "West", "opposite of", "north" ]
Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same direction as true north) one needs to set a bearing or azimuth of 270°. West is the direction opposite that of the Earth's rotation on its axis, and is therefore the general direction towards which the Sun appears to const...
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[ "West", "opposite of", "east" ]
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (ouest in French, oest in Catalan, ovest in Italian, oeste in S...
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[ "West", "instance of", "cardinal direction" ]
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (ouest in French, oest in Catalan, ovest in Italian, oeste in S...
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[ "West", "part of", "cardinal direction" ]
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (ouest in French, oest in Catalan, ovest in Italian, oeste in S...
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[ "West", "different from", "Oeste" ]
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth.
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[ "North", "instance of", "cardinal direction" ]
Mapping and navigation By convention, the top or upward-facing side of a map is north. To go north using a compass for navigation, set a bearing or azimuth of 0° or 360°. Traveling directly north traces a meridian line upwards. North is specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is considered the fundamental ...
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[ "North", "part of", "cardinal direction" ]
Mapping and navigation By convention, the top or upward-facing side of a map is north. To go north using a compass for navigation, set a bearing or azimuth of 0° or 360°. Traveling directly north traces a meridian line upwards. North is specifically the direction that, in Western culture, is considered the fundamental ...
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[ "North Pole", "instance of", "geographical pole" ]
Climate, sea ice at North Pole The North Pole is substantially warmer than the South Pole because it lies at sea level in the middle of an ocean (which acts as a reservoir of heat), rather than at altitude on a continental land mass. Despite being an ice cap, the northernmost weather station in Greenland has a tundra c...
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[ "North Pole", "opposite of", "South Pole" ]
a civil twilight period of about two weeks; a nautical twilight period of about five weeks; and an astronomical twilight period of about seven weeks.These effects are caused by a combination of the Earth's axial tilt and its revolution around the sun. The direction of the Earth's axial tilt, as well as its angle relati...
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[ "North Pole", "different from", "North Magnetic Pole" ]
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distinguish from the Magnetic North Pole. The North Pole is by definition the northern...
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[ "North Pole", "different from", "north geomagnetic pole" ]
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distinguish from the Magnetic North Pole. The North Pole is by definition the northern...
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[ "Creationism", "opposite of", "evolution" ]
Neo-creationism Neo-creationism is a pseudoscientific movement which aims to restate creationism in terms more likely to be well received by the public, by policy makers, by educators and by the scientific community. It aims to re-frame the debate over the origins of life in non-religious terms and without appeals to s...
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[ "Creationism", "instance of", "pseudoscience" ]
Neo-creationism Neo-creationism is a pseudoscientific movement which aims to restate creationism in terms more likely to be well received by the public, by policy makers, by educators and by the scientific community. It aims to re-frame the debate over the origins of life in non-religious terms and without appeals to s...
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[ "Creationism", "instance of", "religious belief" ]
Islam Islamic creationism is the belief that the universe (including humanity) was directly created by God as explained in the Quran. It usually views the Book of Genesis as a corrupted version of God's message. The creation myths in the Quran are vaguer and allow for a wider range of interpretations similar to those i...
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[ "Solstice", "opposite of", "equinox" ]
The component of the Sun's motion seen by an earthbound observer caused by the revolution of the tilted axis – which, keeping the same angle in space, is oriented toward or away from the Sun – is an observed daily increment (and lateral offset) of the elevation of the Sun at noon for approximately six months and observ...
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[ "Te Arai", "country", "New Zealand" ]
Te Arai is a small community on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, near the northern end of the Auckland Region (specifically within the former Rodney District). Mangawhai lies to the north, and Tomarata to the south. The name of the suburb comes from Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi, captain of the Moekākara waka,...
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[ "Te Arai", "located in the administrative territorial entity", "Auckland Region" ]
Te Arai is a small community on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, near the northern end of the Auckland Region (specifically within the former Rodney District). Mangawhai lies to the north, and Tomarata to the south. The name of the suburb comes from Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi, captain of the Moekākara waka,...
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[ "Te Arai", "instance of", "locality" ]
Te Arai is a small community on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, near the northern end of the Auckland Region (specifically within the former Rodney District). Mangawhai lies to the north, and Tomarata to the south. The name of the suburb comes from Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi, captain of the Moekākara waka,...
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[ "Electron hole", "different from", "positron" ]
In physics, chemistry, and electronic engineering, an electron hole (often simply called a hole) is a quasiparticle denoting the lack of an electron at a position where one could exist in an atom or atomic lattice. Since in a normal atom or crystal lattice the negative charge of the electrons is balanced by the positi...
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[ "Electron hole", "instance of", "quasiparticle" ]
In physics, chemistry, and electronic engineering, an electron hole (often simply called a hole) is a quasiparticle denoting the lack of an electron at a position where one could exist in an atom or atomic lattice. Since in a normal atom or crystal lattice the negative charge of the electrons is balanced by the positi...
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[ "Unbarred spiral galaxy", "subclass of", "spiral galaxy" ]
An unbarred spiral galaxy is a type of spiral galaxy without a central bar, or one that is not a barred spiral galaxy. It is designated with an SA in the galaxy morphological classification scheme. Barless spiral galaxies are one of three general types of spiral galaxies under the de Vaucouleurs system classification ...
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[ "Unbarred spiral galaxy", "opposite of", "barred spiral galaxy" ]
An unbarred spiral galaxy is a type of spiral galaxy without a central bar, or one that is not a barred spiral galaxy. It is designated with an SA in the galaxy morphological classification scheme. Barless spiral galaxies are one of three general types of spiral galaxies under the de Vaucouleurs system classification ...
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[ "Structural Marxism", "part of", "Marxism" ]
Overview Structural Marxism arose in opposition to the instrumental Marxism that dominated many western universities during the 1970s. In contrast to other forms of Marxism, Althusser stressed that Marxism was a science that examined objective structures, and he believed that historicist and phenomenological Marxism, w...
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[ "Structural Marxism", "instance of", "political philosophy" ]
Structural Marxism is an approach to Marxist philosophy based on structuralism, primarily associated with the work of the French philosopher Louis Althusser and his students. It was influential in France during the 1960s and 1970s, and also came to influence philosophers, political theorists and sociologists outside Fr...
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[ "Structural Marxism", "instance of", "philosophical school" ]
Structural Marxism is an approach to Marxist philosophy based on structuralism, primarily associated with the work of the French philosopher Louis Althusser and his students. It was influential in France during the 1960s and 1970s, and also came to influence philosophers, political theorists and sociologists outside Fr...
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[ "Structural Marxism", "founded by", "Louis Althusser" ]
Overview Structural Marxism arose in opposition to the instrumental Marxism that dominated many western universities during the 1970s. In contrast to other forms of Marxism, Althusser stressed that Marxism was a science that examined objective structures, and he believed that historicist and phenomenological Marxism, w...
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[ "Structural Marxism", "instance of", "philosophical movement" ]
Structural Marxism is an approach to Marxist philosophy based on structuralism, primarily associated with the work of the French philosopher Louis Althusser and his students. It was influential in France during the 1960s and 1970s, and also came to influence philosophers, political theorists and sociologists outside Fr...
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[ "Software", "part of", "computer" ]
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists of machine language instructions supported by an individual processor—typically a ...
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[ "Software", "opposite of", "computer hardware" ]
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists of machine language instructions supported by an individual processor—typically a ...
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[ "Software", "has part(s)", "computer program" ]
Software is a set of computer programs and associated documentation and data. This is in contrast to hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work. At the lowest programming level, executable code consists of machine language instructions supported by an individual processor—typically a ...
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[ "Astronomical object", "has part(s)", "shell of an astronomical object" ]
An astronomical object, celestial object, stellar object or heavenly body is a naturally occurring physical entity, association, or structure that exists within the observable universe. In astronomy, the terms object and body are often used interchangeably. However, an astronomical body or celestial body is a single, t...
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[ "Nullator", "subclass of", "one-port circuit" ]
In electronics, a nullator is a theoretical linear, time-invariant one-port defined as having zero current and voltage across its terminals. Nullators are strange in the sense that they simultaneously have properties of both a short (zero voltage) and an open circuit (zero current). They are neither current nor voltag...
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[ "Natural fiber", "has part(s)", "animal fiber" ]
Plant fibers Animal fibers Animal fibers generally comprise proteins such as collagen, keratin and fibroin; examples include silk, sinew, wool, catgut, angora, mohair and alpaca.Animal hair (wool or hairs): Fiber or wool taken from animals or hairy mammals. e.g. sheep's wool, goat hair (cashmere, mohair), alpaca hair, ...
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[ "Natural fiber", "has part(s)", "plant fiber" ]
Applications Industrial use Of industrial value are four animal fibers: wool, silk, camel hair, and angora as well as four plant fibers: cotton, flax, hemp, and jute. Dominant in terms of scale of production and use is cotton for textiles.Natural fiber composites Natural fibers are also used in composite materials, mu...
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[ "Anti-capitalism", "has part(s)", "communism" ]
Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economic system, such as socialism, anarchism, communism, syndicalism, or some combination of the latte...
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[ "Anti-capitalism", "opposite of", "capitalism" ]
Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economic system, such as socialism, anarchism, communism, syndicalism, or some combination of the latte...
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[ "Anti-capitalism", "has part(s)", "socialism" ]
Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economic system, such as socialism, anarchism, communism, syndicalism, or some combination of the latte...
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[ "Anti-capitalism", "instance of", "political ideology" ]
Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economic system, such as socialism, anarchism, communism, syndicalism, or some combination of the latte...
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[ "Anti-capitalism", "has part(s)", "state socialism" ]
Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. In this sense, anti-capitalists are those who wish to replace capitalism with another type of economic system, such as socialism, anarchism, communism, syndicalism, or some combination of the latte...
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[ "Luddite", "part of", "labour movement" ]
Historical precedents In 1779, Ned Ludd, a weaver from Anstey, near Leicester, England, is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated to become the folkloric character of Captain Ludd, also known as King Ludd or General Ludd, the...
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[ "Luddite", "participant in", "destruction" ]
The Luddites were a secret oath-based organisation of English textile workers in the 19th century who formed a radical faction which destroyed textile machinery. The group is believed to have taken its name from Ned Ludd, a legendary weaver supposedly from Anstey, near Leicester. They protested against manufacturers wh...
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[ "Conservatism", "discoverer or inventor", "Edmund Burke" ]
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in which it appears. In Western culture, depending on the particular nation, conserv...
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[ "Conservatism", "opposite of", "liberalism" ]
Themes Some political scientists such as Samuel P. Huntington, have seen conservatism as situational. Under this definition, conservatives are seen as defending the established institutions of their time. According to Quintin Hogg, the chairman of the British Conservative Party in 1959: "Conservatism is not so much a p...
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[ "Anti-liberalism", "instance of", "political ideology" ]
Fascism Fascists accuse liberalism of materialism and a lack of spiritual values. In particular, fascism opposes liberalism for its materialism, rationalism, individualism and utilitarianism. Fascists believe that the liberal emphasis on individual freedom produces national divisiveness, but many fascists agree with li...
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[ "Anti-fascism", "instance of", "political movement" ]
Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers were opposed by many countries forming the Allies of World War II and dozens of res...
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[ "Anti-authoritarianism", "opposite of", "authoritarianism" ]
Anti-authoritarianism is opposition to authoritarianism, which is defined as "a form of social organisation characterised by submission to authority", "favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom" and to authoritarian government. Anti-authoritarians usually believe in full eq...
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[ "Anti-authoritarianism", "instance of", "political ideology" ]
Anti-authoritarianism is opposition to authoritarianism, which is defined as "a form of social organisation characterised by submission to authority", "favoring complete obedience or subjection to authority as opposed to individual freedom" and to authoritarian government. Anti-authoritarians usually believe in full eq...
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[ "Cosmopolitanism", "opposite of", "nationalism" ]
Criticism "Cosmopolitanism" became a rhetorical weapon used by nationalists against "alien" ideas that went counter to orthodoxy. European Jews were frequently accused of being "rootless cosmopolitans." Joseph Stalin in a 1946 Moscow speech attacked writings in which "the positive Soviet hero is derided and inferior be...
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[ "Cosmopolitanism", "opposite of", "patriotism" ]
Criticism "Cosmopolitanism" became a rhetorical weapon used by nationalists against "alien" ideas that went counter to orthodoxy. European Jews were frequently accused of being "rootless cosmopolitans." Joseph Stalin in a 1946 Moscow speech attacked writings in which "the positive Soviet hero is derided and inferior be...
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[ "Silvia", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Silvia (Italian: [ˈsilvja]) is a female given name of Latin origin, with a male equivalent Silvio and English-language cognate Sylvia. The name originates from the Latin word for forest, Silva, and its meaning is "spirit of the wood"; the mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus. Silvi...
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[ "Esther (given name)", "language of work or name", "Spanish" ]
Eistir (Irish) Eseza (Luganda) Esita (Luganda) Essi (Finnish) Essie (English) Essy (Australian) Esta (English) Estée (French) Ester (Catalan), (Czech), (Finnish), (Italian), (Portuguese), (North Germanic languages), (Spanish), (Persian) Estera (Polish), (Slovak), (Romanian), (Lithuanian) Estere (Latvian) Esteri (Finnis...
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[ "Esther (given name)", "instance of", "female given name" ]
History of usage Esther first occurs as a given name in Europe and the British Isles at the time of the Reformation prior to which the occurrence of Biblical names – unless borne by saints – was unusual. The modified form, Hester, has seemingly co-existed with the original Esther throughout the name's usage in the Engl...
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[ "Paula (given name)", "described by source", "Wiktionary" ]
Paula is a common female given name (from Latin Pauline, petite). It is used in German, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Croatian languages.In Greek it means: Polina. Notable people with this name include:
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[ "Paula (given name)", "language of work or name", "Spanish" ]
Paula is a common female given name (from Latin Pauline, petite). It is used in German, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Croatian languages.In Greek it means: Polina. Notable people with this name include:
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[ "Paula (given name)", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Paula is a common female given name (from Latin Pauline, petite). It is used in German, English, Estonian, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Lithuanian and Croatian languages.In Greek it means: Polina. Notable people with this name include:S...
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[ "Cornelis", "language of work or name", "Dutch" ]
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given names in the Low Countries, and the origin of the term Yankees is commonly thoug...
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[ "Cornelis", "said to be the same as", "Kees" ]
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given names in the Low Countries, and the origin of the term Yankees is commonly thoug...
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[ "Cornelis", "instance of", "male given name" ]
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given names in the Low Countries, and the origin of the term Yankees is commonly thoug...
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[ "Cecilia", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Cecilia is a personal name originating in the name of Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music.History The name has been popularly used in Europe (particularly the United Kingdom and Italy, where in 2018 it was the 43rd most popular name for girls born that year), and the United States, where it has ranked among the to...
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[ "Ingrid (given name)", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Ingrid is a feminine given name. It continues the Old Norse name Ingiríðr, which was a short form of Ingfríðr, composed of the theonym Ing and the element fríðr "beloved; beautiful" common in Germanic feminine given names. The name Ingrid (more rarely in the variant Ingerid, Ingris or Ingfrid; short forms Inga, Inger...
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[ "Lydia (name)", "described by source", "Wiktionary" ]
Lydia is a feminine first name. It derives from the Greek Λυδία, Ludía, from λυδία (ludía; "beautiful one", "noble one", "from Lydia/Persia"), a feminine form of the ancient given name Λυδός (Lydus). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king named Λυδός; the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or re...
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[ "Lydia (name)", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Lydia is a feminine first name. It derives from the Greek Λυδία, Ludía, from λυδία (ludía; "beautiful one", "noble one", "from Lydia/Persia"), a feminine form of the ancient given name Λυδός (Lydus). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king named Λυδός; the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or re...
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[ "Attila (name)", "language of work or name", "Turkish" ]
Etymology It has been traditionally claimed that the name Attila is formed from Gothic atta meaning "father", through the diminutive suffix -ila, the "little father". Related names are not uncommon among Germanic peoples of the period, i. e. Ætla, Bishop of Dorchester. The Gothic etymology was proposed by Jacob Grimm a...
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[ "Attila (name)", "language of work or name", "Hungarian" ]
Attila is a popular masculine name in Central-Eastern Europe (primarily Hungary, Bulgaria and Chuvashia) and in Western Asia and South-Eastern Europe (primarily Turkey and Bulgaria). Another version of Attila in Hungary is Etele, the female equivalent of which is Etelka. Another version of Attila used in Turkish is Ati...
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[ "Attila (name)", "instance of", "male given name" ]
Attila is a popular masculine name in Central-Eastern Europe (primarily Hungary, Bulgaria and Chuvashia) and in Western Asia and South-Eastern Europe (primarily Turkey and Bulgaria). Another version of Attila in Hungary is Etele, the female equivalent of which is Etelka. Another version of Attila used in Turkish is Ati...
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[ "György", "language of work or name", "Hungarian" ]
György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy György Apponyi, Hungarian politician György Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary (2009-10) György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Ca...
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[ "György", "instance of", "male given name" ]
György (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ]) is a Hungarian version of the name George. Some notable people with this given name:György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy György Apponyi, Hungarian politician György Gordon...
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[ "György", "said to be the same as", "George" ]
György (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ]) is a Hungarian version of the name George. Some notable people with this given name:György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy György Apponyi, Hungarian politician György Gordon...
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[ "Chiara (name)", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Chiara is both a feminine Italian given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:Given name Saint Clare of Assisi, in Italian Chiara d'Assisi Saint Clare of Montefalco, in Italian Chiara da Montefalco Chiara Appendino (born 1984), Italian politician Blessed Chiara Badano Chiara Berti, contestant on US T...
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[ "Knut", "language of work or name", "Norwegian" ]
Knut (Norwegian and Swedish), Knud (Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic) is a Scandinavian and German first name, of which the anglicised form is Canute. In Germany both "Knut" and "Knud" are used. In Spanish and Portuguese Canuto is used which comes from the Latin version Canutus, and in Finland, the name Nuutti is based on...
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[ "Knut", "said to be the same as", "Knud" ]
People Harthaknut I of Denmark (Knut I, Danish: Hardeknud) (b. c. 890), king of Denmark Knut the Great (Knut II, Danish: Knud den Store or Knud II) (d. 1035), Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway Subject of the apocryphal King Canute and the waves Harthaknut (Knut III, Danish: Hardeknud or Knud III) (d. 1042), ki...
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[ "Cynthia", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Cynthia is a feminine given name of Greek origin: Κυνθία, Kynthía, "from Mount Cynthus" on Delos island. The name has been in use in the Anglosphere since the 1600s. There are various spellings for this name, and it can be abbreviated to Cindy, Cyndi, Cyndy, or occasionally to Thea or Thia. Cynthia was originally an ep...
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[ "Leonard", "language of work or name", "Polish" ]
In other languages Armenian: Լեոնարդ (Leonard) Croatian: Leonard Czech: Leonard French: Léonard Georgian: ლეონარდ (Leonard) German: Leonard, Leonhard, Leonhardt, Lennart Greek: Λεονάρδος (Leonárdos) Hebrew: לֵב־אֲרִי (Lév-Ari) Hungarian: Lénárd, Leonárd Italian: Leonardo Latvian: Linards Lithuanian: Leonardas Māori: Re...
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[ "Leonard", "language of work or name", "English" ]
Leonard or Leo is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin Leo, and the suffix hardu ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "li...
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[ "Leonard", "language of work or name", "Romanian" ]
In other languages Armenian: Լեոնարդ (Leonard) Croatian: Leonard Czech: Leonard French: Léonard Georgian: ლეონარდ (Leonard) German: Leonard, Leonhard, Leonhardt, Lennart Greek: Λεονάρδος (Leonárdos) Hebrew: לֵב־אֲרִי (Lév-Ari) Hungarian: Lénárd, Leonárd Italian: Leonardo Latvian: Linards Lithuanian: Leonardas Māori: Re...
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[ "Leonard", "part of", "Leonard" ]
In other languages Armenian: Լեոնարդ (Leonard) Croatian: Leonard Czech: Leonard French: Léonard Georgian: ლეონარდ (Leonard) German: Leonard, Leonhard, Leonhardt, Lennart Greek: Λεονάρδος (Leonárdos) Hebrew: לֵב־אֲרִי (Lév-Ari) Hungarian: Lénárd, Leonárd Italian: Leonardo Latvian: Linards Lithuanian: Leonardas Māori: Re...
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[ "Leonard", "instance of", "male given name" ]
Leonard or Leo is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin Leo, and the suffix hardu ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "li...
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[ "Florence (given name)", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Florence is an androgynous French and English given name. It is derived from the French version of (Saint) Florentia, a Roman martyr under Diocletian. The Latin florens, florentius means "blossoming", verb floreo, meaning "I blossom / I flower / I flourish". Florence was in olden times also used as a translation of the...
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[ "Vanessa (name)", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Vanessa is a feminine given name. It was invented by the Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift for Esther Vanhomrigh, whom Swift had met in 1708 and whom he tutored. The name was created by taking "Van" from Vanhomrigh's last name and adding "Essa", a pet form of Esther. In 1726, the name Vanessa appeared in print for the ...
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[ "Nicola (name)", "instance of", "unisex given name" ]
Nicola or Nichola is a Latinised version of the Greek personal name Nikolaos (Νικόλαος), derived from the nikē meaning "victory", and laos meaning "people", therefore implying the meaning "victory of the people". Nicola is both a male and female name, depending on cultural norms. Nicola was a frequently given male p...
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[ "Nicola (name)", "part of", "Nicola" ]
M–Z Nicola Mendelsohn (born 1971), British advertising executive Nicola McEwen, FRSE professor of territorial politics at the University of Edinburgh, Centre on Constitutional Change. Nicola Pagett (1945–2021), English actress Nicola Peltz (born 1995), American actress Nicola Philippaerts (born 1993), Belgian show jump...
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[ "Edith", "language of work or name", "Dutch" ]
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and variations of this name include Ditte, Dita, and Edie. It was a common first name p...
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[ "Edith", "instance of", "female given name" ]
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and variations of this name include Ditte, Dita, and Edie. It was a common first name p...
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[ "Eleanor", "said to be the same as", "Elionor" ]
Origin The name derives from the Provençal name Aliénor, which became Eléonore in Langue d'oïl, i.e., French, and from there Eleanor in English.The origin of the name is somewhat unclear; one of the earliest bearers appears to have been Eleanor of Aquitaine (1120s–1204). She was the daughter of Aénor de Châtellerault, ...
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[ "Eleanor", "said to be the same as", "Eléonore" ]
Origin The name derives from the Provençal name Aliénor, which became Eléonore in Langue d'oïl, i.e., French, and from there Eleanor in English.The origin of the name is somewhat unclear; one of the earliest bearers appears to have been Eleanor of Aquitaine (1120s–1204). She was the daughter of Aénor de Châtellerault, ...
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