Adversaryism
an att-tude, as in labor-management negotiations, that any opposition to demands indicates an unwillingness of one side to cooperate and bargain in good faith.
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- Adversative
expressing contrariety, opposition, or ant-thesis: “but” is an adversative conjunction. an adversative word or proposition. historical examples but the conjunction is often omitted in copulative and adversative clauses, as in sec. an english grammar w. m. baskervill and j. w. sewell then let him deliberately use the adversative but, and proceed to the discussion of […]
- Adversative asyndeton
a staccato effect produced by omitting adversative connectives from between two or more items forming a group, as in “i liked all there was to buy in the store … i didn’t get anything.”.
- Adverse possession
the open and exclusive occupation and use of someone else’s real property without permission of the owner continuously for a period of years prescribed by law, thereafter giving t-tle to the occupier-user. historical examples the doctrine of “adverse possession” is founded on the anxiety of our law to secure quietude of t-tle. ten thousand a-year […]
- Adverse pressure gradient
noun (aerodynamics) an increase of pressure in the direction of flow
- Adverse selection
the process of singling out potential customers who are considered higher risks than the average. contemporary examples so some insurers exited the markets, while the ones that stayed charged very high prices to offset this “adverse selection.” why the individual mandate is effective and efficient dr. jonathan gruber march 26, 2012 noun a situation in […]