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absurd, the absurd
a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
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acceptance
the state of being acceptable and accepted
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ballgame, new ballgame
a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
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challenge
a demanding or stimulating situation
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childlessness
the condition of being without offspring
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complication
a situation or condition that is complex or confused
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crowding
a situation in which people or things are crowded together
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disequilibrium
loss of equilibrium attributable to an unstable situation in which some forces outweigh others
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element
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
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environment
the totality of surrounding conditions
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equilibrium
a stable situation in which forces cancel one another
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exclusion
the state of being excluded
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fish bowl, fishbowl, goldfish bowl
a state of affairs in which you have no privacy
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hotbed
a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad)
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inclusion
the state of being included
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intestacy
the situation of being or dying without a legally valid will
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picture, scene
a situation treated as an observable object
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prison, prison house
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
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rejection
the state of being rejected
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size, size of it
the actual state of affairs
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square one
the situation in which you begin an endeavor and to which you return if your efforts fail
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status quo
the existing state of affairs
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thing
a special situation
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congestion, over-crowding
excessive crowding
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balance
a state of equilibrium
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balance of power
an equilibrium of power between nations
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dynamic balance
(aeronautics) the state of equilibrium in which centrifugal forces due to a rotating mass (e.g., a propeller) do not produce force in the shaft and so vibration is reduced
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homeostasis
(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
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isostasy
(geology) a general equilibrium of the forces tending to elevate or depress the earth's crust
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Nash equilibrium
(game theory) a stable state of a system that involves several interacting participants in which no participant can gain by a change of strategy as long as all the other participants remain unchanged
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poise
a state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium
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thermal equilibrium
a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature
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imbalance, instability, unbalance
a lack of balance or state of disequilibrium
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vogue
a current state of general acceptance and use
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acknowledgement, acknowledgment, recognition
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
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approval, favorable reception, favourable reception
acceptance as satisfactory
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acceptation
acceptance as true or valid
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content, contentedness
the state of being contented with your situation in life
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acquiescence
acceptance without protest
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welcome
the state of being welcome
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apostasy, defection, renunciation
the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
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disfavor, disfavour
the state of being out of favor
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censure, exclusion, excommunication
the state of being excommunicated
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reprobation
rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell
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embrace
the state of taking in or encircling
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encompassment
including entirely
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Coventry, banishment, ostracism
the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
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debarment
the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices)
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circumstance, context, setting
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
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ecology
the environment as it relates to living organisms
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background, scope, setting
the state of the environment in which a situation exists
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home
an environment offering affection and security
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milieu, surroundings
the environmental condition
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area, arena, domain, field, orbit, sphere
a particular environment or walk of life
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street
the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
