Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Gr. philol., one who believes in the conventional or arbitrary origin of language: opposed to analogist, or one who argues for its natural origin.
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- noun someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases
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I'm convinced there's a trove of something (who knows what?) just waiting for the dedicated anomalist to unearth (or un-Mars!)
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Also, anomalist has adjusted their description to better fit the Mac man.
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More interestingly a number of ESA photos appear to show active vegetation in techno-color green to boot ; The anomalist crowd has blown this trumpet for years.
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Also, anomalist has adjusted their description to better fit the Mac man.
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Coventry University starts a two-year postgraduate degree course in parapsychology via anomalist
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Coventry University starts a two-year postgraduate degree course in parapsychology via anomalist
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Link to news report from News.com.au via anomalist.
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Link to Ohio Free Times article 'Insanity, Defense' via anomalist.
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Link to Ohio Free Times article 'Insanity, Defense' via anomalist.
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Link to news report from News.com.au via anomalist.
qms commented on the word anomalist
A comma before “and,” as some insist,
Should not be required in a comma list.
My faction is small
But still I stand tall
And proud to be called an anomalist.
December 18, 2017