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demander |
demanding |
demandingly |
demantoid |
demarcate |
demarcation
| demarcation line
| demarche
| demasculinise
| demasculinize
| dematerialise
demarcation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun demarcation has 2 senses
- demarcation(n = noun.location) demarcation line, limit - the boundary of a specific area; Array has particulars: edge, city limit, city limits, upper limit, lower limit, three-mile limit
- demarcation(n = noun.cognition) contrast, dividing line, line - a conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity" is a kind of differentiation, distinction
is a kind of bound, boundary, bounds
Derived forms verb demarcate2, verb demarcate1
has particulars: point of no return, rubicon
Derived form verb demarcate1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
demarcation, n.
1 the act of marking a boundary or limits.
2 the trade-union practice of strictly assigning specific jobs to different unions.
1 the act of marking a boundary or limits.
2 the trade-union practice of strictly assigning specific jobs to different unions.
Idiom
demarcation dispute an inter-union dispute about who does a particular job.
Derivative
demarcate v.tr. demarcator n.
Etymology
Sp. demarcaci{oacute}n f. demarcar mark the bounds of (as DE-, MARK(1))
THESAURUS
demarcation
alteration, analysis, anatomization, atomization, ban, bar, barring, blockade, bounding, boycott, change, circling-in, circumscribing, circumscription, contradistinction, debarment, debarring, definition, delimitation, desynonymization, determination, differencing, differentiation, discrimination, disequalization, disjunction, distinction, distinctiveness, distinguishment, diversification, division, embargo, encincture, exception, exclusion, hairsplitting, inadmissibility, inclusion-exclusion, individualization, individuation, injunction, lockout, microscopic distinction, modification, narrowing, nice distinction, nonadmission, nuance, omission, particularization, personalization, preclusion, prohibition, rejection, relegation, repudiation, restriction, segregation, separation, severalization, severance, shade of difference, specialization, specification, subtle distinction, taboo, trichoschistism, variation
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