Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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Pygmies
Synonyms for "pygmies" (12 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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Noun(3 words)
Related words (6)
Noun(6 words)
miniature formpygmy formsmall onesmall thingsmall varietysmall-statured person
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9 entriesCollocations
6 entriesAka pygmyCentral African pygmiesMbuti pygmypygmy culturepygmy staturepygmy tribes
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If the Pygmies of Central Africa don’t survive the assortment of threats currently assailing them, says a leading anthropologist, the continent will lose an important part of its “genetic and cultural history.”
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It was nearing the end of April, and a hundred birds sang of the winter wonders of arid Africa, and of the witcheries of the Nile, where Pygmies are at war with the butterflies, and the great god Memnon raises his mighty shout to greet the dawn of day.
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