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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | posture, stance |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, attitude, ballgame, bearing, carriage, circumstances, condition, deportment, disposition, form, habit, how things stack up, like it is, manner, mien, pass, plight, port, pose, predicament, situation, spot, stand, state, status, strait, the size of it |
| Main Entry: | subsistence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provisions for survival |
| Synonyms: | affluence, aliment, alimentation, bread and butter, bread, capital, circumstances, competence, earnings, existence, food, fortune, gratuity, income, independence, keep, legacy, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, money, necessities, nurture, pension, property, provision, ration, resources, riches, salary, salt, substance, support, sustenance, upkeep, victuals, wages, wealth, wherewithal |
| Main Entry: | terms |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conditions, agreement |
| Synonyms: | charge, circumstances, conclusion, condition, details, fee, fine print, items, nitty-gritty, particulars, payment, points, premise, premises, price, provision, provisions, proviso, provisos, qualifications, rate, reservation, size of it, small print, specifications, stipulation, stipulations, strings, treaty, understanding, what it is |
| Main Entry: | conditions |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | circumstances, setting, surrounding, surroundings |
| Main Entry: | individualism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identity |
| Synonyms: | character, circumstances, coherence, distinctiveness, existence, identification, individuality, integrity, ipseity, name, oneness, particularity, personality, self, selfdom, selfhood, selfness, singleness, singularity, status, uniqueness |
| Main Entry: | locality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | ambiance, area, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, environs, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, location, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, place, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, vicinity, zoo |
| Notes: | a location is a place, a locality is an area within a place, and a locale is a place regarded as an environment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | locus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, attitude, ballgame, bearing, carriage, circumstances, condition, deportment, disposition, emplacement, form, habit, how things stack up, like it is, location, manner, mien, pass, placement, plight, port, pose, predicament, site, situation, spot, stand, state, status, strait, the size of it |
| Main Entry: | mise en scene |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | environment |
| Synonyms: | ambiance, atmosphere, aura, backdrop, background, circumstances, climate, conditions, context, domain, element, encompassment, entourage, habitat, hood, jungle*, locale, medium, milieu, neck of the woods, neighborhood, purlieus, scene, scenery, setting, situation, status, stomping ground, surroundings, terrain, territory, turf, world, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | selfhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identity |
| Synonyms: | character, circumstances, coherence, distinctiveness, existence, identification, individualism, individuality, integrity, ipseity, name*, oneness, particularity, personality, self, selfdom, selfness, singleness, singularity, status, uniqueness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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