Previously I discussed an Identity. Today I am defining the individual words to help me work with this identity.
Guardian:
noun
noun: guardian; plural noun: guardians
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a defender, protector, or keeper.“self-appointed guardians of public morality”
synonyms: protector, defender, preserver, custodian, warden, guard, keeper; More -
a person who looks after and is legally responsible for someone who is unable to manage their own affairs, especially an incompetent or disabled person or a child whose parents have died.
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the superior of a Franciscan convent.
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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French garden, of Germanic origin; compare with ward and warden. The ending was altered by association with -ian.
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Radical:
adjective
adjective: radical
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1.(especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough.“a radical overhaul of the existing regulatory framework”
synonyms: thoroughgoing, thorough, complete, total, comprehensive, exhaustive, sweeping, far-reaching, wide-ranging, extensive, across the board, profound, major, stringent, rigorous “radical reform”antonyms: superficial -
forming an inherent or fundamental part of the nature of someone or something.“the assumption of radical differences between the mental attributes of literate and nonliterate peoples”
synonyms: fundamental, basic, essential, quintessential; More antonyms: minor -
(of surgery or medical treatment) thorough and intended to be completely curative.
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characterized by departure from tradition; innovative or progressive.“a radical approach to electoral reform”
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2.advocating or based on thorough or complete political or social change; representing or supporting an extreme or progressive section of a political party.“a radical American activist”
synonyms: revolutionary, progressive, reformist, revisionist, progressivist; More antonyms: reactionary, moderate, conservative -
3.relating to the root of something, in particular.
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MATHEMATICSof the root of a number or quantity.
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denoting or relating to the roots of a word.
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MUSICbelonging to the root of a chord.
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BOTANYof, or springing direct from, the root or stem base of a plant.
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4.NORTH AMERICANinformalvery good; excellent.“Okay, then. Seven o’clock. Radical!”
noun
noun: radical; plural noun: radicals
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1.a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims.
synonyms: revolutionary, progressive, reformer, revisionist; More antonyms: reactionary, moderate, conservative -
2.CHEMISTRYa group of atoms behaving as a unit in a number of compounds.
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3.the root or base form of a word.
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any of the basic set of 214 Chinese characters constituting semantically or functionally significant elements in the composition of other characters and used as a means of classifying characters in dictionaries.
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4.MATHEMATICSa quantity forming or expressed as the root of another.
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a radical sign.
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Origin:
late Middle English (in the senses ‘forming the root’ and ‘inherent’): from late Latin radicalis, from Latin radix, radic- ‘root.’
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Passion:
noun
noun: passion; plural noun: passions; noun: Passion; noun: the Passion
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1.strong and barely controllable emotion.“a man of impetuous passion”
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a state or outburst of strong emotion.“oratory in which he gradually works himself up into a passion”
synonyms: (blind) rage, fit of anger/temper, temper, towering rage, tantrum, fury, frenzy “he worked himself up into a passion” -
intense sexual love.“their all-consuming passion for each other”
synonyms: love, (sexual) desire, lust, ardor, infatuation, lasciviousness, lustfulness “hot with passion” -
an intense desire or enthusiasm for something.“the English have a passion for gardens”
synonyms: fervor, ardor, enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal, zealousness, vigor, fire, fieriness, energy, fervency, animation, spirit, spiritedness, fanaticism More antonyms: apathy -
a thing arousing enthusiasm.“modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill’s”
synonyms: obsession, preoccupation, craze, mania, hobbyhorse “French literature is my passion”
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2.the suffering and death of Jesus.“meditations on the Passion of Christ”
synonyms: crucifixion, suffering, agony, martyrdom “the Passion of Christ”-
a narrative of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
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a musical setting of any of the narratives of the Passion.“an aria from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion”
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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin passio(n-) (chiefly a term in Christian theology), from Latin pati ‘suffer.’
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My identity becomes a defender, protector, or keeper of the fundamental nature of an intense desire or enthusiasm.
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This definition will help me with this journey of this part of my being. ONWARD!!!!