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noun

noun as in substantive

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“Philosophical problems arise when language goes on holiday,” he wrote, and philosophy is full of vacationing abstract nouns.

But, despite his best efforts not to dwell on the stakes of his work, the noun “rebellion” was never far from his mind.

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It can also be used as a noun.

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When you’re more naive, you think of it as like a noun, but it’s a doing thing.

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His name now lives in ignominy as both a noun and an adjective used to describe such political witch hunts.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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