The impolite words that pepper many Americans' speech should be seen as intensifiers; and the macro effect of their spread, as a kind of linguistic inflation.
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Intensifiers
Synonyms for "intensifiers" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
degree modifieremphasizer
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
emphatic modifiersignal amplifier
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4 entriesdegree adverbemphatic adverbimage tubephoton amplifier
Collocations
5 entriesdegree modifiersemphatic modifierintensifier frequencyintensifier placementlinguistic intensifiers
Derivations
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