In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
ANAPHOR
anaphor
(noun) a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anaphor (plural anaphors or anaphora)
(linguistics) An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns.
Antonyms
• (linguistics): logophor, cataphor
Hypernyms
• (linguistics): endophor
Anagrams
• pharaon
Source: Wiktionary
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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