Definition Dictionary

Giving disproportionately greater weight to an immediate outcome than to a later one.

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

Present everywhere, or seeming to be encountered everywhere.

Belonging to another time or out of place in its present period.

The distance between what someone hopes to attain and their present resources or circumstances.

Genuine in origin or character rather than copied, invented, or falsely presented.

Dissatisfied with present circumstances or results.

A change that misrepresents or alters the true shape, meaning, or proportion of something.

To present something as less important or serious than it may be.

To give a concrete form to an idea or represent it fully.

Regularly present or characteristic within a particular place or group.

A person or thing that perfectly represents a quality or type.

To represent the essential qualities of something.

To show by example or embody a quality.

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

An invented account presented as true.

Acting contrary to professed beliefs while presenting oneself as principled.

Present naturally from birth or from an original state.

An explanation of what something means, or a particular way of presenting a work.

To reduce something as much as possible, or to present it as less important.

Presented as the reason or appearance, though the reality may differ.

Able to influence belief or action through convincing reasons or presentation.

To spread throughout or be present in every part.

Presenting another person's words, ideas, or work as one's own without proper acknowledgment.