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Slander means a false spoken statement intended to damage somebody’s reputation.
192. First, the poem underlying theme focuses on how Black Americans have
suffered from domestic terrorism since being kidnapped into US chattel slavery, e.g., by Slave Owners, US State Laws, Klan, Skin Heads, Domestic
Nazis, Lynching, denial of rights, national oppression, racism, character assassination, historically, and at this very minute throughout the US.
sentence 4
The words domestic and national are synonymy. They are related in meaning.
Domestic means of the home, National means of a nation.
193. a. Happily the Star Ledger published the entire
poem
, though including in a box, supposedly identifying the offending phrases, my question,
Who Blew Up The Reichstag
? as if the ADL had also claimed that the poem was inferring that Jews did it. sentence 16
b. So that US imperialism can transform the whole of the Middle East, the Arab world into a gas station See Bushwacked: A Counterfeit President for
a Fake Democracy, Baraka. sentence 104
The words entire and whole are synonymy. They are related in meaning.
Entire means with no part left out, Whole means full, complete.
4.1.2.2 Antonym
Antonyms are words which are opposites in meaning. a.
Simple antonym
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Simple antonym is a relation between words such that the negative of one implies the positive of the other.
194. a. The Reichstag fire, parallels the 911 Attack, in that after that mysterious
act of terrorism, which Hitler blamed on Jews and Communists, the Nazis passed a law The Reichstag Enablement Act, that gave the Nazis much the
same carte blanche as the Bush administration used the 911 tragedy to pass the wholly undemocratic Patriot Bill and begin rounding up suspects, even
without identifying them. sentence 20
b. Well now, certainly, even the Democratic Party has affirmed that the Bush Administration knew. sentence 24
The words undemocratic and democratic are antonymy. They have oppositeness in meaning.
Undemocratic democratic
4.1.2.3 Polysemy
Polysemy in a case that the same word may have a set of different meanings.
195. Could the victims of European Fascism be as frantically loyal to a regime
that would fly a Nazi Swastika over their homes? Sentence 7 The word fly sentence 1 is polysemous because it has two meanings,
they are : fly : to raise a flag so it is displayed
fly : to be carried about in the air
196. The ADL leaves these things out to try to make their lies more believable,
and also because these victims of imperialism were on the Left. sentence 15
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The word left sentence 15 is polysemous because it has two meanings, they are :
Left : the side of area and Left : past tense, past participle of leave.
197. The Reichstag fire, parallels the 911 Attack, in that after that mysterious act
of terrorism, which Hitler blamed on Jews and Communists, the Nazis passed a law The Reichstag Enablement Act, that gave the Nazis much the
same carte blanche as the Bush administration used the 911 tragedy to pass the wholly undemocratic Patriot Bill and begin rounding up suspects, even
without identifying them. sentence 20
The word fire sentence 20 is polysemous because it has two meanings, they are :
Fire : a process of burning that produces light and heat and often smoke and flames;
Fire : strong emotion, angry or excited feeling, enthusiasm.
198. We should know that Bush and his Right Wing crew want War against all the
forces of their so called Axis of Evil What a not so wild coincidence that the path of this Axis parallels the route of the proposed US oil corporations- pipe
line from Saudi to the far east, apparently to oppose the spiraling economic growth and influence of China. sentence 77
The word right sentence 77 is polysemous because it has two meanings, they are :
Right : true and correct as a fact; Right : the right side of area.
199. In the US our constitution makes clear that this is a secular nation and by law theoretically enforces separation of church and state, though Mr. Bush and
Mr. Asscraft have demonstrated they disagree, and Israel outright says it is a Jewish State but if that is so then that explains why it can discriminate
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against its Arab people living inside Israel and make them 2nd class citizens, in much the same way that South Africa, a close friend did under Apartheid.
sentence 101
The words way and close both sentence 101 are polysemous because they have two meanings for each.
Way : a place of walking travelling Way : a method, style or manner of doing something.
o Close : near, with little space between;
o Close : to move or make something move so as to cover an opening.
200. Very much like the way Bush touts Regime Change, recently even hinting at
an attempted Assassination of Saddam Hussein, if the American People rise up and force our congress to deny the Bush juggernaut of terror to attack
Iraq. sentence 116
The words like and way sentences 116 are polysemous because they have two of each.
Like : means to find somebody something pleasant or satisfactory; Like : similar to be something.
o Way : a place of walking travelling
o Way : a method, style or manner of doing something.
201. This was first published 7112000 as a press release. sentence 132
The word press sentence 132 is polysemous because it has two meanings, they are :
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Press : to push something or to be pushed closely and firmly against something;
Push : newspapers, magazines, the news sections of radio and television, and the journalists who work for them.
202. a. This is absolutely in tune with the Bush administrations Frenzied destroy
Iraq regime change Jones a street word for narcotics addiction that the administration is chanting around us like cheer leaders at a football game.
sentence 103
b. If not that then why not a forum or debate some place like NYC Town Hall or at Symphony Hall in Newark. sentence 150
The word like sentences 103 and 150 is polysemous because it has two meanings, they are :
Like : means to find somebody something pleasant or satisfactory; Like : similar to be something.
203. And that is a grave mistake, one I am hoping he will correct.
Som ebody Blew Up Am erica
was written Oct 1, 2001. sentence 161 The word grave sentence 161 is polysemous because it has two
meanings, they are: grave : a hole dug in the ground for a dead body
grave : serious and important, giving cause for worry
4.1.2.4 Homonymy
