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nominal
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[ adjective ] relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
Examples "the Russian system of nominal brevity" "a nominal lists of priests" "taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls" Used in print (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)The second stage is to retain the nominal classification of `` neutralist '' , while in_fact turning the country into an active advocate and adherent of Soviet policy . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] insignificantly small; a matter of form only
Examples "the fee was nominal" "a token gesture of resistance" (`tokenish' is informal as in "a tokenish gesture") Used in print (Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)French Egalitarianism had had only nominal influence in_this country before the days of Popularism . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] named; bearing the name of a specific person
Synonyms Examples "nominative shares of stock" Related terms |
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