As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
DISSEMBLANCE
Noun
dissemblance (usually uncountable, plural dissemblances)
(countable) An act of dissembling.
Synonyms: concealment, dissimulation, indirectness
(uncountable) Dissembling, as a kind of behavior; dissembling, generally.
Synonyms: concealment, dissimulation, indirectness
(countable) Dissimilarity, unlikeness.
Synonyms: difference, distinction
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*sem"blance, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dissemblance. See Dissemble.]
Definition: Want of resemblance; dissimilitude. [R.] Osborne.
Dis*sem"blance, n. Etym: [Dissemble + -ance.]
Definition: The act or art of dissembling; dissimulation. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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