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| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Concept: | Appearance. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; perceptions of light |
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appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en scene; rising of the curtain., phantasm, phantom (fallacy of vision)., pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre; pageantry (ostentation); insignia (indication)., aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming; shape (form); guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of view, light., lineament, feature, trait, lines; outline, outside; contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one's jib, metoposcopy; outside.
-verbs
appear; be visible, become visible [more]; seem, look, show; present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of, have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of, take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance, present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of, have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of, take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of; look like; cut a figure, figure; present to the view; show (make manifest).
-adjectives
apparent, seeming, ostensible; on view.
-adverbs
apparently; to all seeming, to all appearance; ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie; at the first blush, at first sight; in the eyes of; to the eye.
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editio princeps.
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| Antonyms: | disappearance |
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| Concept: | Demonstration. |
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demonstration, proof; conclusiveness; apodeixis, apodixis, probation, comprobation., logic of facts (evidence); experimentum crucis (test); argument; rigorous establishment, absolute establishment.
-verbs
demonstrate, prove, establish; make good; show, evince, manifest (be evidence of) [more]; verify settle the question, reduce to demonstration, set the question at rest., make out, make out a case; prove one's point, have the best of the argument; draw a conclusion (judge)., follow, follow of course; stand to reason; hold good, hold water.
-adjectives
demonstrating, demonstrative, demonstrable; probative, unanswerable, conclusive; apodeictic, apodeictical; irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable., categorical, decisive, crucial., demonstrated; proven; unconfuted, unanswered, unrefuted; evident., deducible, consequential, consectary, inferential, following.
-adverbs
of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course.
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probatum est; there is nothing more to be said, Q.E.D., it must follow; exitus acta probat.
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| Antonyms: | confutation |
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| Concept: | Ostentation. |
| Category: | 4. Extrinsic Affections |
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ostentation, display, show, flourish, parade, etalage, pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, splurge, glitter, strut, pomposity; pretense, pretensions; showing off; fuss., magnificence, splendor; coup d'oeil; grand doings., coup de theatre; stage effect, stage trick; claptrap; mise en scene; tour de force; chic., demonstration, flying colors; tomfoolery; flourish of trumpets (celebration); pageant, pageantry; spectacle, exhibition, exposition, procession; turn out, set out; grand function; fête, gala, field day, review, march past, promenade, insubstantial pageant., dress; court dress, full dress, evening dress, ball dress, fancy dress; tailoring, millinery, man millinery, frippery, foppery, equipage., ceremony, ceremonial; ritual; form, formality; etiquette; puncto, punctilio, punctiliousness; starched stateliness, stateliness., mummery, solemn mockery, mouth honor., attitudinarian; fop.
-verbs
be ostentatious; come forward, put oneself forward; attract attention, star it., cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge; figure, figure away; make a show, make a display; glitter., show off, show offone's paces; parade, march past; display, exhibit, put forward, hold up; trot out, hand out; sport, brandish, blazon forth; dangle, dangle before the eyes., cry up (praise); proner, flaunt, emblazon, prink, set off, mount, have framed and glazed., put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon; clean the outside of the platter (disguise).
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ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty, jaunty; grand, pompous, palatial; high-sounding; turgid (big-sounding) [more]; gairish, garish; gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering; gay (ornate)., splendid, magnificent, sumptuous., theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual., solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched., en granite tenue, in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanche, chic.
-adverbs
with flourish of trumpet, with beat of drum, with flying colors., ad captandum vulgus [Lat.].
-phrases
honores mutant mores.
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| Concept: | Revelation. |
| Category: | 2. Mythological and other fabulous deities and powers |
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revelation, inspiration, afflatus; theophany, theopneusty., Word, Word of God; Scripture; the Scriptures, the Bible; Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures; inspired writings, Gospel., Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch; Octateuch; the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets; major Propets, minor Prophets; Hagiographa, Hagiology; Hierographa; Apocrypha., New Testament; Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, Revelations., Talmud; Mishna, Masorah., prophet (seer); evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint; the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers; Holy Men of old, inspired penmen.
-adjectives
scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic; evangelical, evangelistic; apostolic, apostolical; inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, cannonical, textuary.
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| Concept: | Representation. |
| Category: | 1. Natural Means |
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representation, representment; imitation; illustration, delineation, depictment; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, fine arts; painting; sculpture; engraving; photography, cinematography; radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy., personation, personification; impersonation; drama., picture., copy; drawing, sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme., image, likeness, icon, portrait , striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile., figure, figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust; statue, statuette., hieroglyphic, anaglyph; diagram, monogram., map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation; ichnography, cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view (painting); radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph; spectrogram, heliogram.
-verbs
represent, delineate; depict, depicture; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness; hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe; trace, copy; mold. dress up; illustrate, symbolize., paint; carve; engrave., personate, personify; impersonate; assume a character; pose as; act; play (drama); mimic (imitate); hold the mirror up to nature.
-adjectives
represent, representing, representative; illustrative; represented; imitative, figurative; iconic., like; graphic (descriptive); cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.
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| Antonyms: | misrepresentation |
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