Approx Knwl

by Daniel V Fryer

Words

Use words for brevity and clarity. Also, misuse words for comedy.

Dynamics (from economics)

Economic dynamics refers to that part of economic theory in which all quantities must be dated, rates of output are changing, and there is uncertainty in every change.

Contradistinction

The difference between two or more things that is made clear by comparing them:

  • I use the term “child” in contradistinction to “parent” - it does not necessarily refer to a juvenile. - Cambridge

  • Inferential role semantics is an approach to the theory of meaning that identifies the meaning of an expression with its relationship to other expressions, in contradistinction to denotationalism, according to which denotations are the primary sort of meaning. - Wikipedia

Contemporaneous

Happening or existing at the same period of time:

  • The two events were more or less contemporaneous, with only months between them. - Cambridge

Explicate

Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail:

  • Thus, to preserve generality, this concept is not explicated substantively in the body of our theory. - Cambridge

Acquiesce

Accept something reluctantly but without protest:

  • The bank acquiesced to an extension of the loan. - Cambridge