pervade
verbTo spread throughout or be present in every part.
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Clear all filtersTo spread throughout or be present in every part.
Spread widely throughout an area, group, or situation.
Overstepping proper limits through excessive confidence or boldness.
Involving a fundamental change or a large departure from established practice.
Fundamental departure
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A philosophical approach treating reason as a source of knowledge beyond what sensory experience alone provides.
Knowledge through reason
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Very thorough, exacting, or strictly applied.
Using cutting or mocking remarks, often through verbal irony.
Careful and conscientious about accuracy or proper conduct.
Coarsely abusive or damaging, often through false accusations.
Relationships, networks, and shared norms that support cooperation and access to social resources.
Resources in social relationships
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Promoting a particular viewpoint through a strongly biased presentation.
To achieve a significant success or prevail over a difficulty or opponent.
Achieve a victory
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Not mixed with unwanted material; also complete or unqualified.
Unmixed with impurities
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Awkward, coarse, or lacking socially accepted manners.
Experienced through another person's actions or experiences.
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