Anaclitic depression
anacl-tic depression
anacl-tic depression n.
the impairment of an infant’s physical, social, and intellectual development following separation from its mother or primary caregiver.
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a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as it makes me so—i just get angry. an instance of anacoluthia. historical examples anacoluthon, a want of grammatical and logical sequence in the structure of a sentence. the new gresham encyclopedia. vol. 1 part 2 various the anacoluthon in mk iv, 31, is avoided by matthew […]
- Anacoluthia
lack of grammatical sequence or coherence, especially in a sentence. noun (rhetoric) lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
- Anacostia river
a river in the district of columbia flowing into the potomac river. about 24 miles (39 km) long. historical examples to the southeast, on the anacostia river, was the navy yard, active enough now. a little girl in old washington amanda m. douglas the anacostia river, at its mouth, is almost the same width and […]
- Anacoustic
of or relating to the upper portion of the earth’s atmosphere and to interplanetary sp-ce, where sound cannot be transmitted because molecules are too far apart to serve as a transmitting medium. adjective unable to support the propagation of sound; soundless
- Anacreon
c570–c480 b.c, greek writer, especially of love poems and drinking songs. historical examples a glance at the anacreon will show the truth of this observation. thomas moore stephen gwynn there were ears for these sounds in greece long ago, as anacreon’s ode will show. excursions and poems henry david th-r-au his imitations of anacreon, and […]