Definitions
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- adj. gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Gregarious; belonging to the herd or common sort; common.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to a herd; gregarious; specifically, belonging to the herd or common sort; ordinary.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It took a couple of seconds for Don to place in his mind just what a gregarian was.
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The plate of baked gregarian was removed and Dr. Jefferson ordered something for him called a "Mount Etna."
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He saw at once, that, sensitive as she was to every impression, this fear was a contagious one, a mere gregarian affinity, and that she needed the preponderating warmth and strength of a protecting presence, the influence of a fuller vitality.
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There is a struggle between its members motived by the desire for individual expression and gain; and, alongside of it, a sense of solidarity, a movement to mutual, reciprocal relations, motived by the gregarian instinct.
Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles
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Where the vibrations of matter are low, its responsive movement is gregarian rather than individual.
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Living in rows, conducting our movements and our apparel as nearly as possible in accordance with the hitch of the moment, singing the songs our neighbours sing -- this is Order, but gregarian order.
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