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hedonist n.
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bon vivant; debauchee; epicure; epicurean; glutton; gourmand; lecher; libertine; pleasuremonger; pleasureseeker; profligate; sensualist; sybarite; thrill-seeker; voluptuary
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heretic n.
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apostate; cynic; pagan; sectarian; skeptic
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hierarchy n.
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chain of command; due order; echelons; grouping; placing; position; pyramid; ranking; scale
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homogeneous adj.
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alike; comparable; compatible; consistent; equal; same; solid; uniform
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hyperbole n.
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PR; amplification; coloring; distortion; embellishment; embroidering; enlargement; magnification; metaphor; overstatement
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hypocritical adj.
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affected; artificial; assuming; bland; canting; captious; caviling; deceptive; deluding; dissembling; double; double-dealing; duplicitous; faithless; false; feigning; fishy; fraudulent; glib; hollow; insincere; jivey; left-handed; lying; moralistic; oily; pharisaical; phony; pietistic; pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous; smooth; snide; specious; spurious; two-faced; unctuous; unnatural; unreliable
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hypothetical adj.
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academic; assumptive; casual; concocted; conditional; conjecturable; conjectural; contestable; contingent; debatable; disputable; doubtful; equivocal; imaginary; imagined; indefinite; indeterminate; postulated; presumptive; presupposed; pretending; problematic; provisory; putative; questionable; refutable; speculative; stochastic; supposed; suppositional; suppositious; suspect; theoretic; theoretical; uncertain; unconfirmed; vague
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iconoclast n.
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critic; cynic; denouncer; dissenter; dissident; image-breaker; non-conformist; nonbeliever; questioner; radical; rebel; revolutionist; ruiner; sceptic; unbeliever
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immaterial adj.
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extraneous; foreign; impertinent; inapplicable; inapposite; inappropriate; inconsequential; inconsiderable; inconsiderate; inessential; insignificant; irrelative; meaningless; trifling; trivial; unimportant; unnecessary
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imminent adj.
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approaching; brewing; close; coming; expectant; following; forthcoming; gathering; immediate; impending; ineluctable; inescapable; inevasible; inevitable; likely; looming; menacing; near; nearing; next; nigh; overhanging; possible; probable; threatening; unavoidable; unescapable
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