Definition Dictionary

An accusation made in response to another accusation.

To act against an influence in order to reduce or cancel its effect.

An accusation made in response to another accusation.

Made to imitate something genuine with the intention of deceiving.

Contrary to what intuition or ordinary expectation suggests.

Having an effect that works against the intended goal.

Having a rural style or character; sometimes used critically to mean unsophisticated.

A framework that weighs the value of future outcomes according to when they occur.

A model that reduces the present value of a future outcome by the same proportional factor for each equal unit of delay.

A model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delays.

Based on individual accounts or observations rather than systematic evidence.

A short account of an incident, often interesting or amusing.

Someone who leaves a group, cause, or country to join another, often opposing, side.

To decorate or add details, sometimes to exaggerate an account.

To list or specify items one by one.

An orderly listing or count of separate items.

An invented account presented as true.

A twelve-month period used for accounting or financial reporting.

The value of final goods and services produced within a country's borders during a specified period.

Difficult or impossible to explain.

A long and often repetitive series of statements or complaints.

A false or misleading account of facts, views, or events.

Present everywhere, or seeming to be encountered everywhere.

The people living in a particular place or country.