I was thinking that you could have friendly opposition contrasting with antagonist opposition. In this context, "antagonist" implying a degree of forcefulness or hatred.Barry Sandercock wrote:So it is strange and maybe incorrect to have the words antagonist and opposition together in a sentence.
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It would surely be opposition to the antagonists?
(Else it'd be antagonistic opposition.).
So either opposing people acting like that, or the use of beta blockers or such like In practice rather odd of course.
(Else it'd be antagonistic opposition.).
So either opposing people acting like that, or the use of beta blockers or such like In practice rather odd of course.
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Thank you.
Any shortcut for saying "patrilateral l parallel cousin"?
Any shortcut for saying "patrilateral l parallel cousin"?
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I don't think there is a shortcut, although it sounds as though there should be one !
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What are specific "disease conditions"?
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It means of a special or particular kind of "disease conditions".
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I want to know what 'desease conditions' are
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How do rationale and logic differ in:
A similar rationale shaped affines’ roles in euthanasia
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A similar rationale shaped affines’ roles in euthanasia
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Soheil Haashdaran wrote:
I want to know what disease conditions are.
I suppose they are conditions that cause disease.
I want to know what disease conditions are.
I suppose they are conditions that cause disease.
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What does it mean to say:
The power to summon their ancestral/Water Spirit allies to come to earth as animals is at the core of the sacred in Wari’ life
what's the sacred?
The power to summon their ancestral/Water Spirit allies to come to earth as animals is at the core of the sacred in Wari’ life
what's the sacred?
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It's an adjectival noun.
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Thanks.
What does One ppeople's experiences mean?
What does One ppeople's experiences mean?
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Means all things, concepts which are sacred?Mike Truran wrote:It's an adjectival noun.
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Yes, something like that.
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What does 'express; mean in:
Affinal tensions appear no greater among the precontact Wari’ than in many noncannibalistic societies. Wari’ express few expectations of inherent affinal conflict; ideally, and to a large extent in practice, they treat affinity as a matter of amity and mutually beneficial reciprocity.
Affinal tensions appear no greater among the precontact Wari’ than in many noncannibalistic societies. Wari’ express few expectations of inherent affinal conflict; ideally, and to a large extent in practice, they treat affinity as a matter of amity and mutually beneficial reciprocity.