I characterize it as the "Tinkerbell Approach" to policy development: It might work if all the children would just believe hard enough and clap their hands
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Tinkerbell
Synonyms for "tinkerbell" (3 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
disney character
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
fictional fairy
Related words (1)
Noun(1 words)
mythical sprite
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesfictional characterfolkloric figuremythical being
More specific
2 entriesDisney characteranimated character
Collocations
5 entriesDisney fairyDisney franchisePeter Pan companionTinker Bell characteranimated character
Inflections
1 entriesTranslations
32 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تينكربيل noun (fictional fairy)
Armenian
1 entries- Դին Դին noun (fictional fairy)
Basque
1 entries- Txilintxo noun (fictional fairy)
Catalan
1 entries- Campaneta noun (fictional fairy)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 小叮噹 /小叮当 noun (fictional fairy)
Czech
1 entries- Zvonilka noun (fictional fairy)
Danish
1 entries- Klokkeblomst (Disney. Lit. "bellflower") noun (fictional fairy)
Dutch
1 entries- Tinkelbel noun (fictional fairy)
Finnish
1 entries- Helinä noun (fictional fairy)
French
2 entries- Clochette noun (fictional fairy)
- Fée Clochette noun (fictional fairy)
Hebrew
2 entries- טינקר בל noun (fictional fairy)
- טינקרבל noun (fictional fairy)
Hindi
1 entries- टिंकर बेल noun (fictional fairy)
Italian
3 entries- Campanellino noun (fictional fairy)
- Trilli noun (fictional fairy)
- Trilli Campanellino noun (fictional fairy)
Japanese
1 entries- ティンカー・ベル noun (fictional fairy)
Korean
2 entries- 팅커 벨 noun (fictional fairy)
- 팅커벨 noun (fictional fairy)
Malayalam
1 entries- ടിങ്കർ ബെൽ noun (fictional fairy)
Norwegian
1 entries- Tingeling noun (fictional fairy)
Persian
1 entries- تینکربل noun (fictional fairy)
Portuguese
1 entries- Sininho noun (fictional fairy)
Russian
1 entries- Динь-Ди́нь noun (fictional fairy)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Zvončica noun (fictional fairy)
- Звончица noun (fictional fairy)
Sicilian
1 entries- Cianciana noun (fictional fairy)
Spanish
2 entries- Campanilla noun (fictional fairy)
- Campanita noun (fictional fairy)
Swedish
1 entries- Tingeling noun (fictional fairy)
Telugu
1 entries- టింకర్ బెల్ noun (fictional fairy)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Sometimes I get the impression that the Tinkerbell theory is taking over: that the existence of God is dependent on our own existence and perceptions.
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The New.net venture underlined an important principle: ICANN's authority over the DNS root is fundamentally subject to the "Tinkerbell" principle.
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When he confronted his boss he screamed at him about being gay and fired him saying he didn't want "Tinkerbells" working for him.
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