a customary way of operation or behavior
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<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 45 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 22
pattern |
practice |
sample sentences
"it is their practice to give annual raises""they changed their dietary pattern"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
biologism
cooperation
featherbedding
formalism
one-upmanship
pluralism
symbolism, symbolization, symbolisation
modernism
occult, occult arts
ornamentalism
cannibalism
careerism
custom, usage, usance
habitude
fashion
lobbyism
slavery, slaveholding
peonage
unwritten law
lynch law
mistreatment
nonconformism
calisthenics, callisthenics
popery, papism
quotation
ritual
ritualism
nudism, naturism
systematism
transvestitism, transvestism, cross dressing