In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
DEMODULATION
demodulation
(noun) (electronics) the reception of a signal by extracting it from the carrier wave
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
demodulation (countable and uncountable, plural demodulations)
The inverse of the effect of modulation, or applying a signal to a carrier.
A radio transmitter applies modulation to a carrier wave and the receiver applies demodulation to it to recover the message.
Source: Wiktionary
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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