detractor, demotic, argot, passeggiata, a share of something - synonyms

Republicans Divided Between Romney and Giuliani for Secretary of State By JEREMY W. PETERS and MAGGIE HABERMAN The leading candidates are both high-profile politicians with their share of detractors.

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 Regulators Take a Look at Patent Firms' Impact

U.S. antitrust authorities are examining whether specialized patent-holding firms—or "trolls" to their detractors—are disrupting competition in high-tech markets, adding a new front to a long-standing Silicon Valley battle.

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detractor
noun [C]
someone who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly:
His detractors claim that his fierce temper makes him unsuitable for party leadership.

demotic
adj.

1. Of or relating to the common people; popular: demotic speech; demotic entertainments.
2. Of, relating to, or written in the simplified form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
3. Demotic Of or relating to a form of modern Greek based on colloquial use.

n.
Demotic Greek.

[Greek dēmotikos, from dēmotēs, a commoner, from dēmos, people.]

demotic[de・mot・ic]

• 発音記号[dimɑ'tik | -mɔ't-]
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[形]((形式))

1 民衆［人民］の.

2 （古代エジプトの）民衆文字の.

━━[名]((形式))

1 民衆文字.

2 ((D-))現代ギリシャ日常語（⇔Katharevusa）.

workshop argot
 argot

n.
A specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group: thieves' argot. See synonyms at dialect.

[French.]

Italy's daily passeggiata evening stroll


Passeggiata is a babble of lively conversation as everyone window shops their
way up and down the street, everyone checking out everyone else (and even more

troll

[名]（北欧伝説で）ほら穴や地下に住む巨人；いたずら好きな小人（▼超自然力をもつとされ, その人形は魔よけに用いられる）.

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a share of something - synonyms and related words | Macmillan .

moiety

 noun

formal one of two parts of something

share

 noun

a part of a total number or amount of something that is divided between several people or things

proportion

 noun

maths a quantity of something that is a part or share of the whole

portion

 noun

a part of an amount or total

allocation

 noun

an amount or share of something that is given to someone or used for a particular purpose

allotment

 noun

part of an amount of something that is given to someone

slice

 noun

informal a part or share of something

share

 noun

a part of the total amount of work or responsibility of several people

the cake

 noun

used for talking about something that must be shared among several people or organizations, especially an amount of money

the lion’s share

the largest part of something