Related Words for fundamental

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basic
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Adjective, Adjective
rudimentary
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Adjective, Adjective
primal
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Adjective, Adjective
cardinal
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Adjective, Adjective
significant
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Adjective, Adjective
important
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Adjective, Adjective
central
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
profound
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Noun, Adjective
underlying
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Adjective, Adjective
key
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Adjective, Adjective
foundational
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Adjective
essential
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Adjective
vital
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Adjective
critical
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Adjective
principle
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Noun
crucial
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Adjective
intrinsic
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Adjective
common
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Adjective
characteristic
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Noun
underpinning
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Noun
core
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Noun
inherent
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Adjective
overarching
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Adjective
axiomatic
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Adjective
tenet
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Noun
major
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Adjective
structural
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Adjective
theoretical
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Adjective
imperative
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Noun
predominant
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Adjective
importance
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Noun
moral
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Adjective
constitutional
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Noun
paradigmatic
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Adjective
main
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Adjective
substantive
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Adjective
integral
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Noun
specific
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Adjective
methodological
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Adjective
physiological
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Adjective
particular
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Adjective
implications
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Noun
pivotal
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Adjective
conceptual
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Adjective
practical
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Adjective
indispensable
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Adjective
geometrical
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Adjective
salient
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Adjective
definitional
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Adjective
distinct
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Adjective
philosophical
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Noun
universal
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Name
objective
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Noun
prerequisite
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Noun
significance
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Noun
aspect
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Noun
underpinnings
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Noun
general
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Noun
nontrivial
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Adjective
peculiar
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Adjective
determinant
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Noun
bedrock
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Noun
understanding
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Noun
primary
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Adjective
corollary
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Noun
societal
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Adjective
concepts
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Noun
antithetical
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Adjective
essence
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Noun
ontological
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Adjective
substantial
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Adjective
mathematical
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Adjective
theoretic
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Adjective
correlative
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Adjective
technical
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Name
elemental
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Adjective
indisputable
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Adjective
rationale
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Noun
strategic
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Noun
technological
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Adjective
empirical
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Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
commonality
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Noun
logical
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Adjective
simplest
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Adjective
peculiarity
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Noun
unquestionable
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Adjective
scientific
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Noun
psychological
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Adjective
relevance
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Noun
paramount
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Name
constitution
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Noun
rule
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Noun
standard
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Noun
principal
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Noun
premise
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Noun
code
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Noun
natural law
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Phrase, Noun
law of nature
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Phrase, Noun
article
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Noun
policy
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Noun
precept
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Noun
precedent
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Noun
law of the land
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Phrase, Noun
fact
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Noun
establishment
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Noun
rules of the road
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Phrase, Noun
title
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Noun
rule of law
///
Phrase, Noun
law and order
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Phrase, Noun
chapeau
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Noun
matter of law
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Phrase, Noun
principate
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Noun
doctrine
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Noun
chiefdom
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Noun
cause
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Noun
form
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Noun
kingdom
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Noun
capital
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Noun
cadre
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Noun
best evidence rule
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Phrase, Noun
element
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Noun
international law
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Name, Name
command
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Noun
headnote
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Noun
individual
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Noun
primogeniture
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Noun
preamble
x/x
Noun
premier
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Noun
constitutional law
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Phrase, Noun
top brass
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Phrase, Noun
regulation
xx/x
Noun
power
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Noun
freedoms
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Noun
rethinking
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Noun
disequilibrium
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Noun
postulate
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Noun
fairness
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Noun
ontology
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Noun
reorientation
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Noun
axiom
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Noun
theorem
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Noun
incompatibility
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Noun
flaw
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Noun
presupposition
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Noun
harmonic
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Noun
contradiction
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Noun
frequency
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Noun
posits
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Verb
misunderstanding
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Noun
disagreement
xx/x
Noun
duality
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Noun
misconception
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Noun
prior
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Adverb
rights
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Noun
breach
/
Noun
absolute
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Adjective, Noun
abstract
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Adjective, Name, Verb
according
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Adjective, Adverb
ai
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Name
ascertainable
xx/xx
Adjective
background
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
basal
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Adjective, Noun
base
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
baseline
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Noun, Verb
basically
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Adverb
basis
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Noun
big
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
blocks
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Noun
bottom
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
capstone
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Noun, Verb
considerable
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Adjective, Noun
constituent
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Noun, Adjective
constitutive
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Adjective
cornerstone
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Noun
cpu
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Name
decisive
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Adjective
deep
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
depth
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Noun
determinable
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Adjective, Noun
determinative
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Adjective, Noun
discoverable
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Adjective
doc
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Noun
doctrinal
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Adjective, Noun
dramatic
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Adjective
drastic
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Adjective, Noun
economic
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Adjective
elementary
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Adjective, Noun
evolutionary
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Adjective
existential
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
first
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
focal
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Adjective, Noun
founding
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Noun, Adjective
fundamentalist
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Noun
grassroots
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Adjective
great
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
ground
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
guiding
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Noun
having
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Noun, Adjective
heart
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Noun, Verb
human
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
immutable
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Adjective, Noun
infrastructural
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Adjective
instrumental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
it
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Noun, Adjective
landmark
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Noun, Verb
large
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
leading
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Adjective, Noun
minimum
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Noun, Adjective
mode
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Noun
momentous
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Adjective
most
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Adverb, Adjective, Noun
necessary
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Adjective, Noun
organic
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Adjective, Noun
overriding
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Adjective, Noun
physical
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Adjective, Noun
physics
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Noun
prime
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
primordial
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Adjective, Noun
principled
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Adjective
pure
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Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
quintessential
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Adjective, Noun
radical
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Adjective, Noun
reaching
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Noun
real
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
root
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Noun, Verb
seminal
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Adjective, Noun
serious
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Adjective, Adverb
staple
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
statute
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Noun
subatomic
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Adjective
sweeping
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Adjective, Noun
thorough
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Adjective, Noun
thoroughgoing
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Adjective
ultimate
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
utmost
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Adjective, Noun
very
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Adverb, Adjective
what
/
Adverb, Noun
literally
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Adverb
expression
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Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
collocation
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Noun
sorta
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Adverb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
tell
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Verb, Noun
dialect
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Noun
headlines
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Noun
anymore
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Adverb