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  2. Delayed gratification - Wikipedia

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    David C. Funder and Jack Block theorized that a person's tendency to delay, or not delay, gratification is just one element of a broader construct called ego control, defined as a person's ability to modulate or control impulses. [11] Ego control "ranges from ego undercontrol at one end to ego overcontrol at the other", according to Funder. [11]

  3. Justice delayed is justice denied - Wikipedia

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    He used as illustrated "a synonym of delay" which yielded only disastrous consequences for the participants. The estate's court case goes on for 12 years, for reasons no one understands, and the entire estate is itself dissipated in the battle. As one writer notes: In the Victorian era, the Court of Chancery was a synonym of delay.

  4. Retard (pejorative) - Wikipedia

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    The word retard dates as far back as 1426. It stems from the Latin verb retardare, meaning 'to hinder' or 'make slow'.The English language, along with other European ones, adopted the word and used it as similar meaning, slow and delayed.

  5. List of Latin phrases (I) - Wikipedia

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    was answered by "I am hungry" or "I am not hungry", not "yes" or "no"). ite, missa est: go, it is the dismissal: Loosely: "You have been dismissed". Concluding words addressed to the people in the Mass of the Roman Rite. [7] The term missa "Mass" derives from a reanalysis of the phrase to mean "Go, the missa is accomplished." iter legis: the ...

  6. Deferred adjudication - Wikipedia

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    A deferred adjudication, also known in some jurisdictions as an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACOD), probation before judgment (PBJ), or deferred entry of judgment (DEJ), is a form of plea deal available in various jurisdictions, where a defendant pleads "guilty" or "no contest" to criminal charges in exchange for meeting certain requirements laid out by the court within an ...

  7. Speech delay - Wikipedia

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    Speech delay, also known as alalia, refers to a delay in the development or use of the mechanisms that produce speech. [1] Speech – as distinct from language – is the actual process of making sounds, using such organs and structures as the lungs, vocal cords, mouth, tongue, teeth, etc. Language delay refers to a delay in the development or use of the knowledge of language.

  8. Sleeper effect - Wikipedia

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    Figure A: Normal Decay Figure B: Sleeper Effect. The sleeper effect is a psychological phenomenon that relates to persuasion. It is a delayed increase in the effect of a message that is accompanied by a discounting cue, typically being some negative connotation or lack of credibility in the message, while a positive message may evoke an immediate positive response which decays over time.

  9. Bradyphrenia - Wikipedia

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    Bradyphrenia is the slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain. [1] Disorders characterized by bradyphrenia include Parkinson's disease and forms of schizophrenia consequently causing a delayed response and fatigue. [2]