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heavy |
(slang; old-fashioned) deeply meaningful; profound. [1/10 definitions] |
morpheme |
in linguistics, a word or word element that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful grammatical units. (See allomorph.) |
nonmeaningful |
combined form of meaningful. |
physicalism |
the doctrine or belief that the essential elements of meaningful statements are only those relating to physical properties or observations of objects or events. |
proverb |
in the Bible, a saying that is meaningful but must be interpreted. [1/2 definitions] |
relative |
meaningful only in relation to something else. (Cf. absolute.) [1/6 definitions] |
significant |
having meaning; meaningful. [1/2 definitions] |
synthetic |
not real or meaningful; feigned or artificial. [1/5 definitions] |
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