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| an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, esp. for comparison or contrast. |
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| the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc. |
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| having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force: the pejorative affix -ling in princeling. |
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1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.” |
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| the act, process, or manner of constructing anything. |
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| a person who is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary. bad guy |
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| the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. |
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| a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” |
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| a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” |
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| the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism. |
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| pseudo-antidisestablishmentarianism |
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| originally, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, now opposition to the belief that there should no longer be an official church in a country |
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