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31literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
32DeLillo, Don — born Nov. 20, 1936, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. novelist. Born to immigrant parents, DeLillo worked in advertising before beginning to write seriously. His postmodernist works portray the unrest and alienation of an America cosseted by material… …
33Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. — born Nov. 11, 1922, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S. U.S. novelist. He attended Cornell University and the University of Chicago. Captured by the Germans during World War II, he also survived the Allied firebombing of Dresden, an experience he made part… …
34Collective narcissism — (or group narcissism) is a type of narcissism where an individual has an inflated self love of his or her own ingroup, where an “ingroup” is a group in which an individual is personally involved.[1] While the classic definition of narcissism… …
35destructive — [[t]dɪstrʌ̱ktɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is destructive causes or is capable of causing great damage, harm, or injury. ...the awesome destructive power of nuclear weapons... Guilt can be very destructive. Derived words: destructiveness N… …
36harmfulness — noun 1. destructiveness that causes harm or injury • Syn: ↑injuriousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑injurious (for: ↑injuriousness), ↑harmful • Hypernyms: ↑ …
37injuriousness — noun destructiveness that causes harm or injury • Syn: ↑harmfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑injurious, ↑harmful (for: ↑harmfulness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
38Vandal — Van dal, Vandalic Van*dal ic, a. Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness. [1913 Webster] …
39Vandalic — Vandal Van dal, Vandalic Van*dal ic, a. Of or pertaining to the Vandals; resembling the Vandals in barbarism and destructiveness. [1913 Webster] …
40demolition derby — noun Date: circa 1953 1. a contest in which skilled drivers ram old cars into one another until only one car remains running 2. something that resembles a demolition derby in destructiveness …
