Modernity has a way of eclipsing, and sometimes even wiping out, tradition. There is a Kurdish anthropologist in northern Iraq who devotes his time and career to saving the traditions of Kurdistan's nomadic shepherds.
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Eclipsing
Synonyms for "eclipsing" (56 found)
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13 entriesastronomical eventastronomical phenomenonattributive modifiercelestial eventconceptual shiftdescriptive adjectiveobscurationoutperformparticipial adjectivequalitative descriptorshadowingsurpasstheoretical change
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12 entrieseclipsing achievementeclipsing binaryeclipsing performanceeclipsing starlunar eclipseoutperformingoutshiningovershadowingpartial eclipsesolar eclipsesupplantingtotal eclipse
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9 entrieseclipsing binaryeclipsing bodyeclipsing companioneclipsing eventeclipsing geometryeclipsing light curveeclipsing planeteclipsing stareclipsing system
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