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Does anyone know of a program that offers synonyms for phrases (ideally, intelligent enough also for near-to phrases), and not just individual words?
I seek a word for "inclination to believe." I have asked friends and family and searched the web and even spent an afternoon reading the archives here at AWAD in the hopes I would get lucky (time well used, even if I could not find my word).
All help appreciated!
--Darmatage
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welcome, Darm! you might try OneLook reverseit might not quite meet your needs, but one never knows... so, whereabouts in New England?
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What a cool site! I have enthusiatically bookmarked it. No love on the "inclination to believe" front, though. I am hoping the great engine of AWAD brainpower will yield an exacting, glorious result.
My wife likes to call this great city of ours "Bostonia," Etaoin. Yourself?
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gullible?
its defined as easily duped or cheated..
but it does define a person who wants to believe (every cock and bull story told)
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My wife likes to call this great city of ours "Bostonia," Etaoin. Yourself? Vermont, near Barre/Montpelier. my niece is at Harvard Div, so I'm hoping to see a bit more of Boston myself.
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gullible?
its defined as easily duped or cheated..
but it does define a person who wants to believe (every cock and bull story told) Thanks! I am actually seeking a noun, not an adjective. Also, I am looking for a more neutral connotation for my sentence: "I have no proof, nor even an inclination to believe, there is any connection." All suggestions appreciated!
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how about an olde sense of credible, inclined to believe.
-joe (credulous!) friday
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Vermont, near Barre/Montpelier.
my niece is at Harvard Div, so I'm hoping to see a bit more of Boston myself.
'Tis a pleasant town. Beware the violent, 20-something Caucasian panhandlers and you will do fine (they are more in Boston then in Cambridge, anyway). On a budget, take your niece to "Dolphin Seafood" near Harvard Square. If the bank is open, spoil her palette for all other meals at "Craigie Street Bistro" (Chef's Whim, sunday night after 9pm).
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how about an olde sense of credible, inclined to believe.
-joe (credulous!) friday Good idea, and in the right direction (credulity?), though this is for a Short Short and I suspect my teacher will slam me for imprecision. I appreciate the continued suggestions!
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Vermont, near Barre/Montpelier.
my niece is at Harvard Div, so I'm hoping to see a bit more of Boston myself.
'Tis a pleasant town. Beware the violent, 20-something Caucasian panhandlers and you will do fine (they are more in Boston then in Cambridge, anyway). On a budget, take your niece to "Dolphin Seafood" near Harvard Square. If the bank is open, spoil her palette for all other meals at "Craigie Street Bistro" (Chef's Whim, sunday night after 9pm). thanks. I've been to town a few times, and always enjoyed Ye Olde Union Oyster House, but I'll try the Dolphin next time.
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how about
"I have no proof, nor even an expectation that there is any connection."?
PS loved Boston and found folks very friendly and helpful. They even gave the poor confused tourist room to cut in during rush hour when I realized at the last possible moment that my lane was about to exit into who knew where.
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They even gave the poor confused tourist room to cut in That's more than I can say for Chicagoans the first time I drove up there! Sheesh--you'd think the Kentucky plate would have given the clue that I just possibly might not know the area! 
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Um. "credophilia"? "credomania"?
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hows about "I have no proof, nor even the slightest acquiescence that there may be any connection."
that sounds verbose enough
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welcome abioh – your moniker looks almost like a typo for aibohphobia - ron (not so) obvious
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Excuse me, I totally missed the point by overlooking the sentence and wouldn't have been much of a help anyway.
Last edited by BranShea; 10/01/07 02:34 PM.
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't think it's even in the ball park. Well, maybe it's selling beer in the bleachers.
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"I have no proof, nor even an inclination to believe, there is any connection."
"I have no proof, or hunch, there is any connection."
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or indication there is...
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As above.
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welcome abioh � your moniker looks almost like a typo for aibohphobia - ron (not so) obvious shit thanks for pointing that out. never was too fastidious about my mashing of the keyboard ;D.
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"I have no proof, nor even an expectation that there is any connection."
It depends on what you are trying to say, but I think perhaps 'credulity' misses the mark slightly, and 'gullibility' completely. I connote that these words are intended to convey general properties of the individual and not his reaction or state in a particular circumstance.
"I have no proof of a connection, nor even the weakest evidence. I have, in fact, no rational reason whatever to believe that such a connection exists," or, more simply "I have no justification for believing a connection exists, or simpler still, "There is no indication of a connection."
What sense are you trying to convey? That there really is no connection between these things and one should not believe that a connection exists, or that you believe there is a connection, even though you have no rational justification for your expectation?
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Helen's "gullible" still sounds best.
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't think it's even in the ball park. Well, maybe it's selling beer in the bleachers. Teach me to reply to a post without quoting it. The word I was suggesting wasn't quite on the money was "confidence."
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I am actually seeking a noun, not an adjective
What about a hunch ?
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How about "predisposition"? Predilection seems to refer more to a preference, or liking, while predisposition has more to do with belief.
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The old word 'wont' would probably approximate the sense of what you are wanting (no pun intended) to say, but it is an archaism and therefore not suitable. As in "I have no wont to believe".
What about "no proof, nor any inducement to believe..."
or perhaps "incentive"?
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Wont is archaic? I've used it in the past (and I'm not that old. HA!)
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Howya Darmatage
Me pal Albear Camoo suggested the followen:
"I have no proof, nor am I even prone to believe, there is any connection."
Not quite the noun what yer looken fer, but then again us Teds is apt ta believe that a noun by any other name might well be a adjective.
Or how about
"I have no proof, nor even the susceptibility, there is any connection."
Hope this helps
be seein ya
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