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LGBTQ (ældʒi bi ti kju )

Meaning of LGBTQ in English:

LGBTQ

ABBREVIATION

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (or questioning).
‘Lend your voice to the LGBTQ community of Port Angeles
‘Today Americans across the country are all giving funds to support the organizations that work on behalf of the LGBTQ community.’
‘This is just one example of LGBTQ inequality.’
‘We cannot overstate the importance of LGBTQ-oriented, inclusive high school programming for the social development and wellbeing of our LGBTQ youth.’
‘It would be far preferable for the new rules on websites to be amended entirely, so that LGBTQ rights and those who would campaign for them do not have to suffer.’
‘Preserving 186 Spring Street would be an excellent first step towards documenting LGBTQ history for future generations.’

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Psychotomimetic (sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk)

Meaning of psychotomimetic in English:

psychotomimetic

ADJECTIVE

Relating to or denoting drugs which are capable of producing an effect on the mind similar to a psychotic state.

NOUN

A psychotomimetic drug.

Pronunciation /sʌɪˌkɒtə(ʊ)mɪˈmɛtɪk/
‘In animal models 5 - HT2 antagonists (ketanserin and spiperone) were shown to block the psychotomimetic effects of both LSD and DOM.’
‘LSD was a synthetic drug, based on a naturally produced substance, which is called psychotomimetic drugs, made out of this rust.’
‘There is no clinically tested antidote available to antagonize the psychotomimetic symptomatology induced by PCP.’
‘Therefore, individuals displaying dramatic psychotomimetic effects resulting from phencyclidine ingestion should be treated as a psychiatric emergency.’

‘High potency as an antagonist of 5-HT in isolated smooth muscle preparations was not correlated with high potency as a psychotomimetic.’
‘The hypothesis that psychotomimetics induce a rapid dopamine receptor regulation that could participate in the expression of the brain dopaminergic overactivation and in the early signs of psychotic-like behaviour, was checked by radioligand binding on rat brain cryosections.’

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Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)

Meaning of pizzeria in English:

pizzeria

NOUN

A place where pizzas are made or sold; a pizza restaurant.

Origin
Italian.

Pronunciation
pizzeria
/ˌpi tsəˈri ə/ /ˈpɪtsəri ə/
‘Corsica is a popular holiday destination in the summer, particularly with French and German tourists, and the small towns are crammed with cafes, bars, pizzerias and restaurants.’
‘The chain pizzerias like Pizza Hut and Sbarro are few and far-between for such a populated area; it's as though they have the decorum to lay low in one of the world's pizza capitals.’
‘His foodservice customers primarily consist of distributors, hotels, pizzerias and national account restaurants.’
‘This translates into millions of pizzas ordered from pizzerias - more than 7,000 outlets in all - strung out in a chain across the country.’
‘We rode past small shops and street vendors, restaurants and pizzerias, drinking the atmosphere in with the occasional whiff of good food.’
‘The patties are familiar to New Yorkers who order bland commercial versions sold at numerous pizzerias.’
‘For food, the two would go to fancy restaurants or pizzerias, all within walking distance.’
‘Most of those quaint and charming bookstores have sold out to pizzerias and chain stores.’
‘I enquired politely whether it was possible to buy a pizza at the pizzeria - not an entirely unreasonable request - but was met by a gentle shaking of the head.’
‘The most popular restaurants are steak houses and pizzerias.’
‘Although a meal in smart restaurants such as Nobu and Il Teatro may inflict a heart attack on your bank manager, eating and drinking need not be restricted to cafés and pizzerias.’

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Hypnotize (ˈhɪpnətʌɪz)

Meaning of hypnotize in English:

hypnotize

VERB

(also British hypnotise)
WITH OBJECT
1Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone)
1.1Capture the whole attention of (someone); fascinate.
‘she gazed down, hypnotized by the swirling tide’

Pronunciation /ˈhɪpnətʌɪz/
‘I didn't hypnotize her, she hypnotized herself, I just helped her along.’
‘Without any telepathic powers, Dani could not hypnotise someone that did not wish to be hypnotised, but Carl had opened himself completely to her.’
‘He sees his therapist, who hypnotises him.’
‘What we'll do is Dani will hypnotise you and keep you under while I use my telepathy to get into your mind.’
‘Or had the man with a cough, for his own nefarious purposes, mesmerised or hypnotised me, and to some extent succeeded?’
‘It seems like he's hypnotized, I read once that hypnotized people have an internal clock.’
‘I should mention that I was hypnotized earlier today, and I'm in a mental state altogether new to me.’
‘I was hypnotised by the rhythm of his politeness.’
‘Her eyes wandered in the circular motion of the black coffee, the trace amounts of sugar swirling inside of it hypnotizing her.’
‘I gulped, and then looked away quickly before the power of Jonas' gaze hypnotized me into a stammering idiot.’
‘I was fascinated by them, hypnotised by them - until you wake up and realise they're nuts.’
‘I stared at the cross and officer's badge hanging from ribbons on the rearview mirror, rather hypnotized the whole way.’

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Vuillard, Édouard (ˈvwi ɑ )

Meaning of Vuillard, Édouard in English:

Vuillard, Édouard

PROPER NOUN

(1868–1940), French painter and graphic artist; full name Jean Édouard Vuillard. A member of the Nabi Group, he produced decorative panels, murals, paintings, and lithographs, particularly of domestic interiors and portraits.

Pronunciation
Vuillard, Édouard
/ˈvwi ɑ / /vwijaʀ/
How to use Vuillard, Édouard (ˈvwi ɑ ) in a sentence is still unknown.

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Antarctica (antˈɑ ktɪkə)

Meaning of Antarctica in English:

Antarctica

PROPER NOUN

A continent round the South Pole, situated mainly within the Antarctic Circle and almost entirely covered by ice sheets. Its exploitation is governed by an international treaty of 1959, which was renewed in 1991.

Pronunciation /antˈɑ ktɪkə/
'I went to Antarctica'

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Alberti, Leon Battista (älˈbertē/ɑlˈbərdi)

Definition of Alberti, Leon Battista in English:
Alberti, Leon Battista

PROPER NOUN

(1404–72), Italian architect, humanist, painter, and art critic. He wrote On Painting (1435), which was the first account of the theory of perspective in the Renaissance.

Pronunciation
Alberti, Leon Battista
/älˈbertē/ /ɑlˈbərdi/
'Hey! I met Alberti, Leon Battista!'

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