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  2. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The second one is also used to denote something unexpected/untimely as much as improbable. Hungarian – The two most often used expressions are majd ha piros hó esik ("when red snow falls"), and majd ha cigánygyerekek potyognak az égből ("When gypsy children are streaming from the sky").

  3. Rare disease - Wikipedia

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    A rare disease is defined as one that affects fewer than 200,000 people across a broad range of possible disorders. [20] Chronic genetic diseases are commonly classified as rare. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Among numerous possibilities, rare diseases may result from bacterial or viral infections, allergies , chromosome disorders, degenerative and ...

  4. Savant syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The estimates range from "exceedingly rare" [18] to one in ten people with autism having savant skills in varying degrees. [1] A 2009 British study of 137 parents of autistic children found that 28% believe their children met the criteria for a savant skill, defined as a skill or power "at a level that would be unusual even for 'normal' people ...

  5. Exceptional memory - Wikipedia

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    Exceptional memory. Exceptional memory is the ability to have accurate and detailed recall in a variety of ways, including hyperthymesia, eidetic memory, synesthesia, and emotional memory. Exceptional memory is also prevalent in those with savant syndrome and mnemonists.

  6. Pleonasm - Wikipedia

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    Pleonasm (/ ˈpliː.əˌnæzəm /; from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλέον (pléon) 'to be in excess') [1][2] is redundancy in linguistic expression, such as in "black darkness," "burning fire," "the man he said," [3] or "vibrating with motion." It is a manifestation of tautology by traditional rhetorical criteria ...

  7. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym. A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one ...

  8. Glossary of British terms not widely used in the United States

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    v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...

  9. Aphantasia - Wikipedia

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    Aphantasia. A representation of how people with differing visualization abilities might picture an apple in their mind. The first image is bright and photographic, levels 2 through 4 show increasingly simpler and more faded images, and the last—representing complete aphantasia—shows no image at all. Aphantasia (/ ˌeɪfænˈteɪʒə / AY ...