used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
beauty-starved
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From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading Yet we have no real democracy in this country.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
democracynounUS /dɪˈmɑːkrəsi/
the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
DouglasnounUS /ˈdʌɡləs/
United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
Douglas-Mary
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From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
any strong feeling
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
episodenounUS /ˈepəsoʊd/
a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
exploitedadjectiveUS /ˈeksplɔɪtəd/
developed or used to greatest advantage
From this reading We have a slave state, the exploiters and the exploited, the "haves" and the "have nots."
exploiters
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From this reading We have a slave state, the exploiters and the exploited, the "haves" and the "have nots."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
yet to be or coming
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Yet we have no real democracy in this country.
havesnounUS /hævz/
plural of “have” — a person who possesses great material wealth
From this reading We have a slave state, the exploiters and the exploited, the "haves" and the "have nots."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Yet we have no real democracy in this country.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
isn't
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From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
plural of “make” — a recognizable kind
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
a particular point in time
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
not any; not one
From this reading Yet we have no real democracy in this country.
nots
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From this reading We have a slave state, the exploiters and the exploited, the "haves" and the "have nots."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
pent-upadjective
characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
pessimisticadjectiveUS /ˌpesəˈmɪstɪk/
expecting the worst possible outcome
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
picture-book
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From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
populacenounUS /ˈpɑːpjələs/
people in general considered as a whole
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading Yet we have no real democracy in this country.
a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
showeredverbUS /ˈʃaʊərd/
past form of “shower” — expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns
From this reading Douglas and Mary came over, and the poor beauty-starved populace forgot for the moment its poverty, and showered all its pent-up emotion on the people from picture-book land.
a person who is owned by someone
From this reading We have a slave state, the exploiters and the exploited, the "haves" and the "have nots."
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading We have a slave state, the exploiters and the exploited, the "haves" and the "have nots."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Douglas-Mary episode makes me pessimistic about the future of democracy.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yet we have no real democracy in this country.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Yet we have no real democracy in this country.
at the time that
From this reading For democracy is crowd rule, and the crowd is a baby when it isn't a savage.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet we have no real democracy in this country.
