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mystery
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[ noun ] something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Synonyms Examples "how it got out is a mystery" "it remains one of nature's secrets" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)It will forever be a baseball mystery how a team will suddenly start hitting after a distressing slump . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)In this manner they side-step the seemingly hopeless investigation of the greater depths of mystery in which all_of us grope continually . However , readers who accept Freud 's findings and believe that he has solved completely the mystery of dreams , should ponder over the following words in his Interpretation_Of_Dreams , Chapter 1 , : `` as_a_matter_of_fact no such complete solution of the dream has ever been accomplished in_any_case , and what_is_more , every one attempting such solution has found that in most cases there have remained a great many components of the dream the source of which he has been unable to explain , nor is the discussion closed on the subject of the mantic or prophetic power of dreams '' . Dreams present many mysteries of telepathy , clairvoyance , prevision and retrovision . The basic mystery of dreams , which embraces all the others and challenges us from even the most common typical dream , is in the fact that they are original , visual continuities . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (writing) a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
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