English Words in Action, Group P
(a variety of English words which have developed through history and are currently used in our modern age)
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1. Someone who makes comments or judgments; especially, in an authoritative manner; a critic or a commentator: The elected minister presented himself as a pundit about all areas of environmental conservation.
2. People who know a great deal about particular subjects and who express their ideas and opinions about those topics publicly; such as, by speaking on television and/or radio programs: The governor and his colleagues often appeared on television as pundits regarding water front development and its prospects for greater tax income.
3. A learned person, an expert, or an authority: The chairperson of the Religion Department at the university was considered a pundit on the topic of South Asian religions.
4. Etymology: from Hindi pandit from Sanskrit pandita, "learned, well informed".
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2. People who know a great deal about particular subjects and who express their ideas and opinions about those topics publicly; such as, by speaking on television and/or radio programs: The governor and his colleagues often appeared on television as pundits regarding water front development and its prospects for greater tax income.
3. A learned person, an expert, or an authority: The chairperson of the Religion Department at the university was considered a pundit on the topic of South Asian religions.
4. Etymology: from Hindi pandit from Sanskrit pandita, "learned, well informed".
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1. An expression of expert opinions: The punditry of the political analyst on TV helped to clarify several of the issues regarding the Presidential campaign for a better understanding by the general public.
2. Comments or judgments; especially, authoritative ones: One goal of the speaker was to provide the audience with punditry so they could make better decisions about who they would vote for.
2. Comments or judgments; especially, authoritative ones: One goal of the speaker was to provide the audience with punditry so they could make better decisions about who they would vote for.
1. Skepticism or an attitude of doubting the truth about something: Jacob's mother had a Pyrrhonism when he told her that he was the only one in his class who got 100% right on a quiz that his class had about vocabulary words.
2. Etymology: from Greek Pyrrhus and from Latin Pyrrhicus "a victory that is gained at a great cost" which involved a victory of Pyrrhus over the Romans at Heraclea in 279 B.C. (Before Christ) or 279 B.C.E. (Before the Christian Era).
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2. Etymology: from Greek Pyrrhus and from Latin Pyrrhicus "a victory that is gained at a great cost" which involved a victory of Pyrrhus over the Romans at Heraclea in 279 B.C. (Before Christ) or 279 B.C.E. (Before the Christian Era).
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1. A female soothsayer who makes predictions about what is going to happen in the future: Mike paid a visit to a local pythoness to see if she could really present him with anything that was significant about what would actually take place at some later date.
2. Etymology: from Greek puthon and from an alteration of Latin pythonissa, "a soothsaying demon."
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2. Etymology: from Greek puthon and from an alteration of Latin pythonissa, "a soothsaying demon."
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so you can see more of Mickey Bach's cartoons.
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