quasi-comb. form
1. Prefixed to a noun with the sense ‘resembling or simulating, but not really the same as, that properly so termed; having some but not all of the properties of a thing or substance; a kind of’.† quasi-dying n. Obsolete rare
quasi-art n. 
/ˌkwɑːzɪˈɑːt/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈɑːt/, /ˌkwɑziˈɑrt/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɑrt/, /ˌkwɑsiˈɑrt/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɑːt/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɑːt//ˌkwɑːzɪˈɑːt//ˌkwɒzɪˈɑːt/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɑrt/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɑrt//ˌkwɑziˈɑrt//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɑrt//ˌkwɑsiˈɑrt/ΚΠ
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. iv. 323 The art, or quasi-art, of standing in tail.
1918 D. Pinski in Jewish Communal Reg. (ed. 2) 574 They are not faultless plays; at best quasi-art. But compared to the plays of the preceding repertoire, there is a vast difference.
2006 Newsday (Nexis) 21 July a68 The result..is a work of quasi-art, complete with cello music and coordinated by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Janusz Kaminski.
quasi-belief n. /ˌkwɑːzɪbᵻˈliːf/, /ˌkwɒzɪbᵻˈliːf/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪbiˈlif/, /ˌkwɑzibəˈlif/, /ˌkwɑzibiˈlif/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪbᵻˈliːf/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪbᵻˈliːf//ˌkwɑːzɪbᵻˈliːf//ˌkwɒzɪbᵻˈliːf/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪbəˈlif/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪbəˈlif//ˌkweɪˌzaɪbiˈlif//ˌkwɑzibəˈlif//ˌkwɑzibiˈlif/ΚΠ
1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 320 What if the contrary opinion had taken so full a possession of the minds of men as to leave no room even for the quasi-belief which poetry requires?
1925 C. D. Broad Mind & its Place iv. 217 The quasi-belief which is an essential factor in all perceptual situations.
2002 L. Loeb Stability & Justif. Hume's Treat. v. 170 If one insists that, for Hume, beliefs are lively ideas, the best course is perhaps to identify quasi contents with quasi ideas, thus allowing for quasi belief.
quasi-continuum n. /ˌkwɑːzɪkənˈtɪnjʊəm/, /ˌkwɒzɪkənˈtɪnjʊəm/, /ˌkwɑzikənˈtɪnjuəm/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪkənˈtɪnjuəm/, /ˌkwɑsikənˈtɪnjuəm/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪkənˈtɪnjʊəm/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪkənˈtɪnjʊəm//ˌkwɑːzɪkənˈtɪnjʊəm//ˌkwɒzɪkənˈtɪnjʊəm/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪkənˈtɪnjuəm/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪkənˈtɪnjuəm//ˌkwɑzikənˈtɪnjuəm//ˌkweɪˌsaɪkənˈtɪnjuəm//ˌkwɑsikənˈtɪnjuəm/ΚΠ
1954 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 224 111 j becomes identical with the expression (8) which was derived from Rayleigh's quasi-continuum theory.
1979 Sci. Amer. May 108/1 In this region, known as the quasi-continuum, the additional rotational and translational states provide all the ‘fine tuning’ necessary to match the photon frequency with the quantum gap between vibrational levels.
2004 W. R. Elwood in H. H. Rennert Ess. Twentieth-Cent. German Drama & Theater 113 Both playwrights posit a quasi-continuum of perception that the universe is chaotic but in both continua there is a wholeness at either end.
quasi-copula n. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈkɒpjᵿlə/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈkɒpjᵿlə/, /ˌkwɑziˈkɑpjələ/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈkɑpjələ/, /ˌkwɑsiˈkɑpjələ/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈkɒpjᵿlə/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈkɒpjᵿlə//ˌkwɑːzɪˈkɒpjᵿlə//ˌkwɒzɪˈkɒpjᵿlə/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈkɑpjələ/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈkɑpjələ//ˌkwɑziˈkɑpjələ//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈkɑpjələ//ˌkwɑsiˈkɑpjələ/ΚΠ
1842 W. Thomson Outl. Laws Thought 125 Provided the mind can and does combine them as one representation, which is the case here in spite of the quasi Copula.
1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. ii. 153 We have a similar complete change of status when verbs of this kind function as quasi-copulas, as in ‘this meat eats tough’.
1993 R. L. Trask Dict. Grammatical Terms Linguistics 226 Quasi-copula, a lexical verb which links a subject NP to a nominal or adjectival predicate but which, unlike a true copula (such as be) has real semantic content, often aspectual, modal or perceptual.
quasi crime n. /ˈkweɪzʌɪ ˌkrʌɪm/, /ˌkwɑːzɪ ˈkrʌɪm/, /ˈkwɑːzɪ ˌkrʌɪm/, /ˌkwɒzɪ ˈkrʌɪm/, /ˈkwɒzɪ ˌkrʌɪm/, /ˈˌkwɑzi ˈˌkraɪm/, /ˈˌkweɪˌsaɪ ˈˌkraɪm/, /ˈˌkwɑsi ˈˌkraɪm/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪ ˈkrʌɪm/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪ ˈkrʌɪm//ˈkweɪzʌɪ ˌkrʌɪm//ˌkwɑːzɪ ˈkrʌɪm//ˈkwɑːzɪ ˌkrʌɪm//ˌkwɒzɪ ˈkrʌɪm//ˈkwɒzɪ ˌkrʌɪm/U.S. /ˈˌkweɪˌzaɪ ˈˌkraɪm/
, /ˈˌkweɪˌzaɪ ˈˌkraɪm//ˈˌkwɑzi ˈˌkraɪm//ˈˌkweɪˌsaɪ ˈˌkraɪm//ˈˌkwɑsi ˈˌkraɪm/ΚΠ
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Quasi Contract The Reparation of Quasi Crimes.
1879 Times 10 June 6/6 We have gone down even to the lowest depths of juvenile vice and quasi crime; and..we have 3,500 children in industrial schools who might otherwise have been in our prisons and convict establishments in a few years.
1918 Yale Law Jrnl. 27 592 Acts affected with a private penalty thus appear as quasi crimes, placed in an intermediate zone between the jurisdiction of the civil law and that of the criminal law.
1996 Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 28 Aug. 1 c Sometimes domestic violence is treated as if it's a quasi-crime, but not a crime.
quasi-definition n. /ˌkwɑːzɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn/, /ˌkwɒzɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn/, /ˌkwɑziˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/, /ˌkwɑsiˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn//ˌkwɑːzɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn//ˌkwɒzɪdɛfᵻˈnɪʃn/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən//ˌkwɑziˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən//ˌkwɑsiˌdɛfəˈnɪʃən/ΚΠ
1858 Sc. Eccl. Jrnl. 22 Apr. 70/1 Quasi definitions of Faith by individual Prelates are to be deprecated, as tending to perplex the minds of Churchmen.
1927 C. R. S. Harris Duns Scotus ii. vi. 188 We are..able to arrive at a quasi-definition in which we can describe it [sc. the divine essence] more perfectly than by means of any of its other attributes.
2003 V. Hollinger in E. James & F. Mendlesohn Cambr. Compan. Sci. Fiction ii. viii. 138 This quasi-definition of a (literary) postmodernism as one which involves metafiction places postmodernism as the next stage of an aesthetic history after realism and modernism.
quasi-dereliction n. /ˌkwɑːzɪdɛrᵻˈlɪkʃn/, /ˌkwɒzɪdɛrᵻˈlɪkʃn/, /ˌkwɑziˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən/, /ˌkwɑsiˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən/ rare
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪdɛrᵻˈlɪkʃn/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪdɛrᵻˈlɪkʃn//ˌkwɑːzɪdɛrᵻˈlɪkʃn//ˌkwɒzɪdɛrᵻˈlɪkʃn/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən//ˌkwɑziˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən//ˌkwɑsiˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən/ΚΠ
1950 D. Gascoyne Vagrant 8 I stand still in my quasi~dereliction.
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1676 R. Dixon Nature Two Test. 30 The reason why God confirmed his Testament..is, because this was an act of his Quasi-dying.
quasi-emperor n. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈɛmp(ə)rə/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈɛmp(ə)rə/, /ˌkwɑziˈɛmp(ə)rər/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɛmp(ə)rər/, /ˌkwɑsiˈɛmp(ə)rər/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɛmp(ə)rə/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɛmp(ə)rə//ˌkwɑːzɪˈɛmp(ə)rə//ˌkwɒzɪˈɛmp(ə)rə/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɛmp(ə)rər/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɛmp(ə)rər//ˌkwɑziˈɛmp(ə)rər//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɛmp(ə)rər//ˌkwɑsiˈɛmp(ə)rər/ΚΠ
1864 C. Kingsley Roman & Teuton iii. 101 Romans with Greek names who become quasi-emperors.
1936 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 4 Apr. 4/2 It would be better to be a quasi-emperor, even if under league of nations auspices, then to be a dead one.
2000 T. LaMarre Uncovering Heian Japan i. iii. 71 When Genji's team wins the picture contest, his rise to the position of regent to the young emperor is assured, as is his consequent advancement to the rank of ‘quasi-emperor’.
quasi-equilibrium n. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɛkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm/, /ˌkwɑːzɪiːkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm/, /ˌkwɑːzɪɛkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm/, /ˌkwɒzɪiːkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm/, /ˌkwɒzɪɛkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌikwəˈlɪbriəm/, /ˌkwɑziˌɛkwəˈlɪbriəm/, /ˌkwɑziˌikwəˈlɪbriəm/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪiːkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪiːkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm//ˌkweɪzʌɪɛkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm//ˌkwɑːzɪiːkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm//ˌkwɑːzɪɛkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm//ˌkwɒzɪiːkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm//ˌkwɒzɪɛkwᵻˈlɪbrɪəm/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɛkwəˈlɪbriəm/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɛkwəˈlɪbriəm//ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌikwəˈlɪbriəm//ˌkwɑziˌɛkwəˈlɪbriəm//ˌkwɑziˌikwəˈlɪbriəm/ΚΠ
1905 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 13 393 The surface ever wearing down,..everywhere slowly lowering at the rate of sand and dust exportation,..such is the condition of quasi-equilibrium for old age.
1978 Dædalus Spring 25 Most states of nature are quasiequilibria, the outcome of competing forces.
quasi-existence n. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˌkwɑːzɪᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˌkwɑːzɪɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˌkwɒzɪᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˌkwɒzɪɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɛɡˈzɪstəns/, /ˌkwɑziˌɪɡˈzɪstəns/, /ˌkwɑziˌɛɡˈzɪstəns/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˌkweɪzʌɪɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˌkwɑːzɪᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˌkwɑːzɪɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˌkwɒzɪᵻɡˈzɪst(ə)ns//ˌkwɒzɪɛɡˈzɪst(ə)ns/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɪɡˈzɪstəns/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɪɡˈzɪstəns//ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɛɡˈzɪstəns//ˌkwɑziˌɪɡˈzɪstəns//ˌkwɑziˌɛɡˈzɪstəns/ΚΠ
1845 Amer. Whig Rev. Jan. 27/2 The Great Western Company continues to have at least a ‘quasi’ existence.
1909 W. M. Urban Valuation v. 127 An aspect..is given a quasi-existence.
1966 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 24 377/2 Much metaphysical ingenuity has been expended (wasted?) upon finding an ontological limbo—quasi-existence or subsistence or a realm of possibility—somewhere, that is, between being and non-being.
2005 Denver Post (Nexis) 27 Mar. e5 I believe I would want to let her go rather than live in an awful quasi-existence.
quasi-jazz n. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈdʒaz/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈdʒaz/, /ˌkwɑziˈdʒæz/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈdʒæz/, /ˌkwɑsiˈdʒæz/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdʒaz/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdʒaz//ˌkwɑːzɪˈdʒaz//ˌkwɒzɪˈdʒaz/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈdʒæz/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈdʒæz//ˌkwɑziˈdʒæz//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈdʒæz//ˌkwɑsiˈdʒæz/ΚΠ
1947 R. de Toledano Frontiers of Jazz 70 Hundreds of musicians, playing in all the jazz and quasi-jazz styles.
2005 Sunday Times (Nexis) 3 Apr. 29 What transpired was musak for the masses, a medley of quasi-jazz, pop classical and nouveau trad music.
quasi-marriage n. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈmarɪdʒ/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈmarɪdʒ/, /ˌkwɑziˈmɛrɪdʒ/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɛrɪdʒ/, /ˌkwɑsiˈmɛrɪdʒ/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmarɪdʒ/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmarɪdʒ//ˌkwɑːzɪˈmarɪdʒ//ˌkwɒzɪˈmarɪdʒ/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmɛrɪdʒ/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmɛrɪdʒ//ˌkwɑziˈmɛrɪdʒ//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɛrɪdʒ//ˌkwɑsiˈmɛrɪdʒ/ΚΠ
1844 H. H. Breen St. Lucia vii. 239 (heading) Quasi-marriages.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches II. cxiv. 116 Claypole..dwindled sadly after his widowhood his second marriage ending in ‘separation’, in a third quasi-marriage, and other confusions, poor man!
1926 W. J. Locke Stories Near & Far 166 Quasi-marriage bond.
2006 National Rev. (Nexis) 19 June The courtesan..must be lured into a quasi-marriage, in which she enjoys protection for a finite time while retaining her independence and her social freedom.
quasi-miracle n. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈmɪrᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈmɪrᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmɪrᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmɪrᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈmɪrᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪˈmɪrᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˈmɪrᵻk(ə)l/ΚΠ
1855 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 524 The epidemic..will grow till the general mind is sated with its quasi miracles, till curiosity wanes, and excitement ceases, and then it will decline and pass away.
1939 Isis 30 529 The eclipse occurred on a Tuesday, and a Tuesday..is mentioned three pages from the interpolated passage; is a lapsus memoriae or a deliberate attempt to record a quasi-miracle on Easter Sunday responsible for the confusion of dates?
2005 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Landerdale, Florida) (Nexis) 20 Aug. c1 Gordon will have only three more regular-season races to pull off what would shape up as a quasi-miracle and get into the Chase for the Title.
quasimolecule n. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈmɒlᵻkjuːl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈmɒlᵻkjuːl/, /ˌkwɑziˈmɑləˌkjul/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɑləˌkjul/, /ˌkwɑsiˈmɑləˌkjul/ [after German Quasimolekel (M. Born & J. Franck 1925, in Zeitschr. f. Physik 31 423; now usually Quasimolekül)]
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmɒlᵻkjuːl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmɒlᵻkjuːl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈmɒlᵻkjuːl//ˌkwɒzɪˈmɒlᵻkjuːl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmɑləˌkjul/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmɑləˌkjul//ˌkwɑziˈmɑləˌkjul//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɑləˌkjul//ˌkwɑsiˈmɑləˌkjul/ΚΠ
1927 Proc. Royal Soc. 1926–7 A. 113 723 Born and Franck..postulate the existence of quasi-molecules conditioned by the triple collision of a light quantum and two colliding bodies.
1968 C. G. Kuper Introd. Theory Superconductivity xi. 181 A pair of electrons in the immediate vicinity of the Fermi surface can form a bound quasimolecule.
1988 New Scientist 31 Mar. 41/2 They showed that an excited ‘quasimolecule’ of two carbon nuclei orbiting each other formed briefly during the collision.
quasi-monopoly n. /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈnɒpl̩i/, /ˌkwɑːzɪməˈnɒpəli/, /ˌkwɑːzɪməˈnɒpl̩i/, /ˌkwɒzɪməˈnɒpəli/, /ˌkwɒzɪməˈnɒpl̩i/, /ˌkwɑziməˈnɑpəli/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪməˈnɑpəli/, /ˌkwɑsiməˈnɑpəli/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈnɒpəli/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈnɒpəli//ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈnɒpl̩i//ˌkwɑːzɪməˈnɒpəli//ˌkwɑːzɪməˈnɒpl̩i//ˌkwɒzɪməˈnɒpəli//ˌkwɒzɪməˈnɒpl̩i/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪməˈnɑpəli/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪməˈnɑpəli//ˌkwɑziməˈnɑpəli//ˌkweɪˌsaɪməˈnɑpəli//ˌkwɑsiməˈnɑpəli/ΚΠ
1831 Westm. Rev. July 5 The first effects of the taxes on knowledge are:..to allow room only in the metropolis for the existence of a few large journals; hence a quasi monopoly is created.
1934 Planning 2 xl. 6 Where monopoly or quasi-monopoly powers are taken there shall be an independent chairman and other independent members of the Industry Board administering the scheme.
2005 M. Bevir New Labour vi. 131 Rent..did not contribute to the maintenance of the supply of land or capital necessary to the efficient functioning of the economy but rather arose from permanent or temporary quasimonopolies.
quasi-neutrality n. /ˌkwɑːzɪnjuːˈtralᵻti/, /ˌkwɒzɪnjuːˈtralᵻti/, /ˌkwɑziˌn(j)uˈtrælədi/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌn(j)uˈtrælədi/, /ˌkwɑsiˌn(j)uˈtrælədi/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪnjuːˈtralᵻti/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪnjuːˈtralᵻti//ˌkwɑːzɪnjuːˈtralᵻti//ˌkwɒzɪnjuːˈtralᵻti/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌn(j)uˈtrælədi/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌn(j)uˈtrælədi//ˌkwɑziˌn(j)uˈtrælədi//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌn(j)uˈtrælədi//ˌkwɑsiˌn(j)uˈtrælədi/ΚΠ
1834 Times 8 Sept. 4/4 The object of the English cruisers is confined to the protection of British interests on the coast. What means this quasi neutrality on the part of the English Ministry?
1914 Yale Law Jrnl. 23 393 All that it says is that she [sc. Britain] may disregard its quasi-neutrality, and attack it in war, if its charges have not complied with the condition or ‘basis’ of neutralization.
1993 Jrnl. Plasma Physics 49 149 More direct evidence that the examples exhibit quasi-neutrality is shown in figure 12, which is a plot of the normalized charge separation for each example.
quasi-object n. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌɒbdʒɛkt/, /ˈkwɑːzɪˌɒbdʒᵻkt/, /ˈkwɑːzɪˌɒbdʒɛkt/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌɒbdʒᵻkt/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌɒbdʒɛkt/, /ˈkwɑziˌɑbdʒək(t)/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌɑbdʒək(t)/, /ˈkwɑsiˌɑbdʒək(t)/
Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌɒbdʒᵻkt/
, /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌɒbdʒᵻkt//ˈkweɪzʌɪˌɒbdʒɛkt//ˈkwɑːzɪˌɒbdʒᵻkt//ˈkwɑːzɪˌɒbdʒɛkt//ˈkwɒzɪˌɒbdʒᵻkt//ˈkwɒzɪˌɒbdʒɛkt/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌɑbdʒək(t)/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌɑbdʒək(t)//ˈkwɑziˌɑbdʒək(t)//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌɑbdʒək(t)//ˈkwɑsiˌɑbdʒək(t)/ΚΠ
1868 Decatur (Illinois) Republican 3 Sept. 4/4 The quasi object was stated to be to promote physical exercises among the youth in cities and towns.
1888 J. Martineau Study Relig. (Amer. ed.) I. i. i. 49 In the a priori case, we apply the same forms to themselves contemplated as potential or quasi-objects, though there is no sensory matter there.
1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. iv. 453 With verbs that do not usually take a direct object..the construction with indefinite it as quasi-object is also frequently met with.
2000 Grey Room Autumn 73 Instead of being faced with traditional machines.., we find ourselves more and more in contact with a world of quasi-objects, of terminals, connectors and networks.
quasi-partner n. /ˈkwɑːzɪˌpɑːtnə/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌpɑːtnə/, /ˈkwɑziˌpɑrtnər/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌpɑrtnər/, /ˈkwɑsiˌpɑrtnər/ chiefly U.S.
Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌpɑːtnə/
, /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌpɑːtnə//ˈkwɑːzɪˌpɑːtnə//ˈkwɒzɪˌpɑːtnə/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌpɑrtnər/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌpɑrtnər//ˈkwɑziˌpɑrtnər//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌpɑrtnər//ˈkwɑsiˌpɑrtnər/ΚΠ
1811 F.-X. Martin Orleans Term Rep. 1 73 The bad debts ought to be deducted—the parties were quasi-partners.
1930 M. Clark Home Trade 3 Quasi-partners are those who have played, but no longer play, an active part.
2001 Washington Times (Nexis) 8 Nov. a21 A semi-democratic Russia will always be a quasi-partner of the United States.
quasi-quotation n. /ˌkwɑːzɪkwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/, /ˌkwɒzɪkwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/, /ˌkwɑziˌkwoʊˈteɪʃən/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌkwoʊˈteɪʃən/, /ˌkwɑsiˌkwoʊˈteɪʃən/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪkwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪkwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn//ˌkwɑːzɪkwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn//ˌkwɒzɪkwə(ʊ)ˈteɪʃn/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌkwoʊˈteɪʃən/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌkwoʊˈteɪʃən//ˌkwɑziˌkwoʊˈteɪʃən//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌkwoʊˈteɪʃən//ˌkwɑsiˌkwoʊˈteɪʃən/ΚΠ
1832 Times 18 Jan. 3/4 In the controversy to which your quasi quotation bears reference, the sophistry was entirely on the side of Burke.
1943 Mind 52 267 It may be doubted..whether the additional typographical complexity of the device of ‘quasi-quotation’ is worth the bother.
1996 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Feb. c1 In between the two passages for harp are a lot of sound effects, some intriguing quasi-quotations, and a fair amount of seeming self-consciousness about tonal music.
quasi-religion n. /ˌkwɑːzɪrᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/, /ˌkwɒzɪrᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪriˈlɪdʒən/, /ˌkwɑzirəˈlɪdʒən/, /ˌkwɑziriˈlɪdʒən/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪrᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪrᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)n//ˌkwɑːzɪrᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)n//ˌkwɒzɪrᵻˈlɪdʒ(ə)n/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪrəˈlɪdʒən/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪrəˈlɪdʒən//ˌkweɪˌzaɪriˈlɪdʒən//ˌkwɑzirəˈlɪdʒən//ˌkwɑziriˈlɪdʒən/ΚΠ
1854 R. W. Morgan Christianity & Mod. Infidelity 405 Infidelity, in its self-complacency, sits down in a closet, imagining it the easiest thing to devise a quasi-religion, which can face the rough attritions and unceremonious probations of the world.
1909 F. Galton in C. W. Saleeby Parenthood & Race Culture ii. xii. 221 When a public opinion in favor of Eugenics..has been accepted by them as a quasireligion, the result will be manifested in sundry and very effective modes of action which are as yet untried and many of them even unforeseen?
1994 Church Times 4 Nov. 12/1 He prefers to describe humanism, Marxism and nationalism as quasi-religions.
quasi-sensation n. /ˌkwɑːzɪs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃn/, /ˌkwɒzɪs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃn/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪsənˈseɪʃən/, /ˌkwɑziˌsɛnˈseɪʃən/, /ˌkwɑzisənˈseɪʃən/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃn/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃn//ˌkwɑːzɪs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃn//ˌkwɒzɪs(ɛ)nˈseɪʃn/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌsɛnˈseɪʃən/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌsɛnˈseɪʃən//ˌkweɪˌzaɪsənˈseɪʃən//ˌkwɑziˌsɛnˈseɪʃən//ˌkwɑzisənˈseɪʃən/ΚΠ
1851 J. J. G. Wilkinson Human Body 31 All that is necessary for continuing the actions of the parts of the body supplied from these centres, is, that a quasi-sensation be communicated to them, which the centres act upon through the motor apparatus of nerves.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 642 What were Stephen's and Bloom's quasisimultaneous volitional quasisensations of concealed identities?
2003 J. Colman in P. R. Anstey Philos. John Locke vi. 117 Locke at times talks of pleasure (and so happiness) as if it were a kind of quasisensation produced in the agent by certain actions.
quasi-statement n. /ˈkwɑːzɪˌsteɪtm(ə)nt/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌsteɪtm(ə)nt/, /ˈkwɑziˌsteɪtmənt/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌsteɪtmənt/, /ˈkwɑsiˌsteɪtmənt/
Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌsteɪtm(ə)nt/
, /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌsteɪtm(ə)nt//ˈkwɑːzɪˌsteɪtm(ə)nt//ˈkwɒzɪˌsteɪtm(ə)nt/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌsteɪtmənt/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌsteɪtmənt//ˈkwɑziˌsteɪtmənt//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌsteɪtmənt//ˈkwɑsiˌsteɪtmənt/ΚΠ
1912 Indianapolis Star 23 July 2/2 Governor Deneen issued a formal statement construed immediately..as a refusal to come into the open for Roosevelt, and therefore a quasi statement that he would be compelled to work for Taft.
1948 Mind 57 194 Necessary statements, then, might be called ‘quasi-statements’, to indicate that they neither mention the expressions of which they are composed, nor use them to talk about the non-linguistic world.
1990 Profession (Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer.) 6/1 Statements are transformed into the quasistatements of fiction.
quasi-substance n. /ˈkwɑːzɪˌsʌbst(ə)ns/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌsʌbst(ə)ns/, /ˈkwɑziˌsəbstəns/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌsəbstəns/, /ˈkwɑsiˌsəbstəns/
Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌsʌbst(ə)ns/
, /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌsʌbst(ə)ns//ˈkwɑːzɪˌsʌbst(ə)ns//ˈkwɒzɪˌsʌbst(ə)ns/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌsəbstəns/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌsəbstəns//ˈkwɑziˌsəbstəns//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌsəbstəns//ˈkwɑsiˌsəbstəns/ΚΠ
1883 Mind 8 378 It [sc. the mind] reduces the accident to the condition of a quasi-substance; and thus conceives the idea of redness,—a quality capable of producing in the sense of sight this particular colour.
1925 C. D. Broad Mind & its Place iii. 99 Even so extreme a dualist about Mind and Matter as Descartes occasionally suggests that a mind and its body together form a quasi-substance.
1980 Times 27 Nov. 11/3 Despite having had some education down him and a bit of foreign travel.., yet still all his reading is popular science and quasi-substance.
2005 N. Ronkin Early Buddhist Metaphysics iii. 113 The dhammas..should also not be regarded as quasi-substances, for the extended definition..states that a dhamma is that which is borne by its own conditions.
quasi-totality n. /ˌkwɑːzɪtə(ʊ)ˈtalᵻti/, /ˌkwɒzɪtə(ʊ)ˈtalᵻti/, /ˌkwɑziˌtoʊˈtælədi/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌtoʊˈtælədi/, /ˌkwɑsiˌtoʊˈtælədi/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈtalᵻti/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈtalᵻti//ˌkwɑːzɪtə(ʊ)ˈtalᵻti//ˌkwɒzɪtə(ʊ)ˈtalᵻti/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌtoʊˈtælədi/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌtoʊˈtælədi//ˌkwɑziˌtoʊˈtælədi//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌtoʊˈtælədi//ˌkwɑsiˌtoʊˈtælədi/ΚΠ
1888 B. Bosanquet Logic I. i. iv. 204 As enabling a coherent reflective view to be obtained of perceptible phenomena as a quasi-totality.., it is of immense scientific value and co-extensive with definite existence.
1941 Mind 50 389 A mechanism in the modern sense of the term, viz., as a quasi-totality of serial and reciprocating temporal causes.
2002 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 122 665 The author..is often said to be a Buddhist, but, if so, it is certainly surprising that he devotes the quasi-totality of the svargavarga to Hindu divinities!
quasi-vacuity n. /ˌkwɑːzɪvaˈkjuːᵻti/, /ˌkwɒzɪvaˈkjuːᵻti/, /ˌkwɑzivəˈkjuədi/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪvəˈkjuədi/, /ˈˌkwɑsivəˈkjuədi/ rare
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪvaˈkjuːᵻti/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪvaˈkjuːᵻti//ˌkwɑːzɪvaˈkjuːᵻti//ˌkwɒzɪvaˈkjuːᵻti/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪvəˈkjuədi/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪvəˈkjuədi//ˌkwɑzivəˈkjuədi//ˌkweɪˌsaɪvəˈkjuədi//ˈˌkwɑsivəˈkjuədi/ΚΠ
1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §49 An Empyriall Heaven, a quasi vacuitie . View more context for this quotation
1989 Chinese Lit. 11 54 Mr Five Willows is a composite Daoist-Confucian character: while his quasi-vacuity of mind..is reminiscent of true man, his forgetfulness of eating while engaged in a problem calls to mind Confucius.
quasi-verb n. /ˈkwɑːzɪˌvəːb/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌvəːb/, /ˈkwɑziˌvərb/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌvərb/, /ˈkwɑsiˌvərb/
Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌvəːb/
, /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌvəːb//ˈkwɑːzɪˌvəːb//ˈkwɒzɪˌvəːb/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌvərb/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌvərb//ˈkwɑziˌvərb//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌvərb//ˈkwɑsiˌvərb/ΚΠ
1906 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 27 326 The ideas of ‘to be in a place’ and ‘to have’ are not expressed by verbs, but by participles which may be called quasi-verbs.
1972 Language 48 466 Quasi-verbs..constitute an inflectional category which is rare, or possibly unique, among Indo-European languages.
2000 Fresno (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 4 June c1 Plants fell from the landing gear. Aphids ‘deplaned’, to use a grotesque modern quasi-verb, with the plants.
quasi-war n. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌwɔː/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈwɔː/, /ˈkwɑːzɪˌwɔː/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈwɔː/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌwɔː/, /ˈkwɑziˌwɔr/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌwɔr/, /ˈkwɑsiˌwɔr/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈwɔː/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈwɔː//ˈkweɪzʌɪˌwɔː//ˌkwɑːzɪˈwɔː//ˈkwɑːzɪˌwɔː//ˌkwɒzɪˈwɔː//ˈkwɒzɪˌwɔː/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌwɔr/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌwɔr//ˈkwɑziˌwɔr//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌwɔr//ˈkwɑsiˌwɔr/ΚΠ
1806 J. Randolph in Balance & Columbian Repository 6 May 141/3 Let us have no more quasi wars. I beseech you, sir—no half measures, no intermediate stage, but open war or peace.
1941 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 35 983 Absolute objectivity and impartiality in dealing with such subjects as democracy and autocracy is hardly to be expected in a nation engaged in quasi-war.
2006 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 30 Apr. e2 Our entertainments and sports are quasi-wars with winners and losers. ‘Competition’ is just a more palatable synonym for ‘war’.
2. Prefixed to an adjective, or more rarely an adverb or verb, with the sense ‘seemingly, or in appearance, but not really; almost, nearly, virtually’.
quasi-aesthetic adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻsˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌkwɑːzɪiːsˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌkwɑːzɪᵻsˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪiːsˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪᵻsˈθɛtɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪəsˈθɛdɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌɛsˈθɛdɪk/, /ˌkwɑziəsˈθɛdɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪiːsˈθɛtɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪiːsˈθɛtɪk//ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻsˈθɛtɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪiːsˈθɛtɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪᵻsˈθɛtɪk//ˌkwɒzɪiːsˈθɛtɪk//ˌkwɒzɪᵻsˈθɛtɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɛsˈθɛdɪk/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɛsˈθɛdɪk//ˌkweɪˌzaɪəsˈθɛdɪk//ˌkwɑziˌɛsˈθɛdɪk//ˌkwɑziəsˈθɛdɪk/ΚΠ
1893 Mind 2 112 The account of Hume refers only to the crude æsthetic or quasi-æsthetic ideas of the Treatise, and makes no mention of the important æsthetic essays.
1963 R. M. Hare Freedom & Reason ix. 174 The universal, quasi-aesthetic ideal of not having addicts about the place.
1992 S. P. Maran Astron. & Astrophysics Encycl. 148/2 Quasiaesthetic considerations (and the inflationary scenario) lead many scientists to believe that Ω is very close to 1, in which case the age of the universe according to the Friedmann model is ⅔ of the Hubble time.
quasi-arithmetical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪarᵻθˈmɛtᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪarᵻθˈmɛtᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˌɛrɪθˈmɛdək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌɛrɪθˈmɛdək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˌɛrɪθˈmɛdək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪarᵻθˈmɛtᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪarᵻθˈmɛtᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪarᵻθˈmɛtᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪarᵻθˈmɛtᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɛrɪθˈmɛdək(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɛrɪθˈmɛdək(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˌɛrɪθˈmɛdək(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌɛrɪθˈmɛdək(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˌɛrɪθˈmɛdək(ə)l/ΚΠ
1876 Proc. London Math. Soc. 8 22 I have detained you so long over arithmetical and quasi-arithmetical subjects that I can only venture to glance hastily at some topics on which I could have wished to have dwelt much longer.
1944 Mind 53 242 One could of course use as M a quasi-arithmetical calculus whose integers are construed as particulars.
2003 R. Bottigheimer in A. Chaudhri & H. E. Davidson Compan. Fairy Tale iii. 69 Theories of oral diffusion that were consistent with monogenesis asserted a quasi-arithmetical pace of narrative change as a tale diffused itself outwards.
quasi-automatic adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪɔːtəˈmatɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪɔːtəˈmatɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɑdəˈmædɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌɔdəˈmædɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌɑdəˈmædɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɔːtəˈmatɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪɔːtəˈmatɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪɔːtəˈmatɪk//ˌkwɒzɪɔːtəˈmatɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɔdəˈmædɪk/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɔdəˈmædɪk//ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɑdəˈmædɪk//ˌkwɑziˌɔdəˈmædɪk//ˌkwɑziˌɑdəˈmædɪk/ΚΠ
1870 Chicago Med. Examiner Mar. 156 The real state of motor force in the limbs is properly measured by the degree of perfectness of their quasi-automatic functions.
1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. ii. 152 Intransitive verbs used to represent the action—as quasi-automatic, or self-originated.
2000 F. W. Scharpf & V. A. Schmidt Diverse Responses Common Challenges vi. 266 The German welfare state closes gaps between revenue and spending through quasi-automatic social insurance contribution hikes.
quasi-automatically adv. /ˌkwɑːzɪɔːtəˈmatᵻkli/, /ˌkwɒzɪɔːtəˈmatᵻkli/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɑdəˈmædək(ə)li/, /ˌkwɑziˌɔdəˈmædək(ə)li/, /ˌkwɑziˌɑdəˈmædək(ə)li/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɔːtəˈmatᵻkli/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪɔːtəˈmatᵻkli//ˌkwɑːzɪɔːtəˈmatᵻkli//ˌkwɒzɪɔːtəˈmatᵻkli/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɔdəˈmædək(ə)li/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɔdəˈmædək(ə)li//ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɑdəˈmædək(ə)li//ˌkwɑziˌɔdəˈmædək(ə)li//ˌkwɑziˌɑdəˈmædək(ə)li/ΚΠ
1891 J. R. Thursfield Peel iii. 196 Its issues being automatically or quasi- automatically regulated.
1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. ii. 159 An interesting sequence of intransitive verbs and ‘transitive’ verbs used quasi-automatically.
2006 Econ. Theory (Nexis) 27 25 A simple strategy in which interest rates are changed quasi automatically in response to a single or a few easily observable variables.
quasi-classic adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈklasɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈklasɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˈklæsɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈklæsɪk/, /ˌkwɑsiˈklæsɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈklasɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈklasɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪˈklasɪk//ˌkwɒzɪˈklasɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈklæsɪk/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈklæsɪk//ˌkwɑziˈklæsɪk//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈklæsɪk//ˌkwɑsiˈklæsɪk/ΚΠ
1851 G. Wheeler Rural Homes xvi. 289 Not a building with wooden quasi-classic portico and semi-exposed walls, but a modest and yet sublime structure.
1905 O. Jespersen Growth & Struct. Eng. Lang. vi. 123 Authors sometimes coin quasi-classic words without finding anybody to pass them on, as when Milton writes ‘our inquisiturient Bishops’ (Areop. 13).
2005 Times Union (Albany, N.Y.) (Nexis) 24 June d2 With summer movie fare like ‘The Honeymooners’, ‘Bewitched’ and ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’, what other classic or quasi-classic TV shows will be adapted and reworked for the big screen?
quasi-colloquial adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪkəˈləʊkwɪəl/, /ˌkwɒzɪkəˈləʊkwɪəl/, /ˌkwɑzikəˈloʊkwiəl/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪkəˈloʊkwiəl/, /ˌkwɑsikəˈloʊkwiəl/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪkəˈləʊkwɪəl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪkəˈləʊkwɪəl//ˌkwɑːzɪkəˈləʊkwɪəl//ˌkwɒzɪkəˈləʊkwɪəl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪkəˈloʊkwiəl/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪkəˈloʊkwiəl//ˌkwɑzikəˈloʊkwiəl//ˌkweɪˌsaɪkəˈloʊkwiəl//ˌkwɑsikəˈloʊkwiəl/ΚΠ
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. viii. 149 Falsehood in this quasi-colloquial shape, as well as in the shape of ordinary discourse.
1927 Classical Q. 21 85 Why should he [sc. Plato] have concentrated here specimens of his capabilities elsewhere shown for writing in a quasi-poetic, quasi-colloquial, and sometimes ungramatical style?
2002 Boston Herald (Nexis) 3 Aug. o25 One of the production's chief assets is the use of Minter's quasi-colloquial English translation instead of the original Italian.
quasi-continuous adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪkənˈtɪnjʊəs/, /ˌkwɒzɪkənˈtɪnjʊəs/, /ˌkwɑzikənˈtɪnjuəs/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪkənˈtɪnjuəs/, /ˌkwɑsikənˈtɪnjuəs/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪkənˈtɪnjʊəs/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪkənˈtɪnjʊəs//ˌkwɑːzɪkənˈtɪnjʊəs//ˌkwɒzɪkənˈtɪnjʊəs/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪkənˈtɪnjuəs/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪkənˈtɪnjuəs//ˌkwɑzikənˈtɪnjuəs//ˌkweɪˌsaɪkənˈtɪnjuəs//ˌkwɑsikənˈtɪnjuəs/ΚΠ
1867 P. Smith in W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. (Boston ed.) III. 1077/1 Thus was formed a single and quasi-continuous body of gnomic poetry, which of course has been subjected to the common fates of such collections.
1928 Science 6 July 4/2 With the continuous or quasi-continuous introduction of foreign proteins the velocity of the chemical reaction is slowed up so that the protein poison is liberated more and more slowly.
1990 Protein Engin. 4 81/2 The penicillins formed a quasi continuous series in which the side chain was varied from penicillanic acid and 6-aminopenicillanic acid..to the classical penicillins.
quasi-deify v. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdiːᵻfʌɪ/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈdeɪᵻfʌɪ/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈdiːᵻfʌɪ/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈdeɪᵻfʌɪ/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈdiːᵻfʌɪ/, /ˌkwɑziˈdiəˌfaɪ/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈdiəˌfaɪ/, /ˌkwɑsiˈdiəˌfaɪ/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdeɪᵻfʌɪ/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdeɪᵻfʌɪ//ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdiːᵻfʌɪ//ˌkwɑːzɪˈdeɪᵻfʌɪ//ˌkwɑːzɪˈdiːᵻfʌɪ//ˌkwɒzɪˈdeɪᵻfʌɪ//ˌkwɒzɪˈdiːᵻfʌɪ/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈdiəˌfaɪ/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈdiəˌfaɪ//ˌkwɑziˈdiəˌfaɪ//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈdiəˌfaɪ//ˌkwɑsiˈdiəˌfaɪ/ΚΠ
1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 394 We neither deify nor quasi-deify the head of our Church.
1933 D. Drake Invitation Philos. i. i. 10 It is quite clear that it is an incurable propensity of believers to deify, or quasi-deify, the objects of their adoration.
1993 Newsday (Nexis) 16 Apr. 68 Hendrix is not alone in being quasi-deified by loyal fans; dying young bought immortality for artists as diverse as Elvis Presley and Jim Morrison.
quasi-divine adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪdᵻˈvʌɪn/, /ˌkwɒzɪdᵻˈvʌɪn/, /ˌkwɑzidəˈvaɪn/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪdəˈvaɪn/, /ˌkwɑsidəˈvaɪn/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪdᵻˈvʌɪn/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪdᵻˈvʌɪn//ˌkwɑːzɪdᵻˈvʌɪn//ˌkwɒzɪdᵻˈvʌɪn/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪdəˈvaɪn/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪdəˈvaɪn//ˌkwɑzidəˈvaɪn//ˌkweɪˌsaɪdəˈvaɪn//ˌkwɑsidəˈvaɪn/ΚΠ
1840 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) V. xxiii. 114 The literal translation would accord with modern use; ‘is not of divine right, but of quasi divine right’.
1941 W. Lewis Let. 21 Oct. (1963) 302 The ‘Royal Academy’ seems to them a quasi-divine institution.
1991 Renaissance Stud. 5 433 Grazia is like splendor; it is the halo of nobility, the sign of virtue, quasi-divine excellence, made visible in action and hence in the active life.
quasi-elastic adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪᵻˈlastɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪᵻˈlastɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪiˈlæstɪk/, /ˌkwɑziəˈlæstɪk/, /ˌkwɑziiˈlæstɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻˈlastɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻˈlastɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪᵻˈlastɪk//ˌkwɒzɪᵻˈlastɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪəˈlæstɪk/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪəˈlæstɪk//ˌkweɪˌzaɪiˈlæstɪk//ˌkwɑziəˈlæstɪk//ˌkwɑziiˈlæstɪk/ΚΠ
1876 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 166 696 The quasi-elastic magnetization, which goes and comes again every time the magnetizing force is removed and reapplied.
1972 Sci. Amer. Oct. 103/3 Such scattering is called quasi~elastic because the particles are not totally free but are somewhat bound to the target nucleus.
1993 Dyes & Pigments 21 38 Many different methods have been introduced in the literature to describe dye aggregation, e.g...quasi elastic light scattering.
quasi-episcopal adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪᵻˈpɪskəpl/, /ˌkwɒzɪᵻˈpɪskəpl/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪiˈpɪskəp(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziəˈpɪskəp(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziiˈpɪskəp(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻˈpɪskəpl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻˈpɪskəpl//ˌkwɑːzɪᵻˈpɪskəpl//ˌkwɒzɪᵻˈpɪskəpl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪəˈpɪskəp(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪəˈpɪskəp(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌzaɪiˈpɪskəp(ə)l//ˌkwɑziəˈpɪskəp(ə)l//ˌkwɑziiˈpɪskəp(ə)l/ΚΠ
1840 J. G. Rokewode in Chronica Jocelini de Brakelonda Notes 107 The monks,..with the assent of Pontiffs and Primates, exercised quasi episcopal power within the bannaleuca at a very early time.
1908 Catholic Encycl. IV. 426/2 Dignitaries who hold episcopal or quasi-episcopal jurisdiction without being bishops..were allowed to vote at the Vatican Council.
2002 G. A. Loud in G. A. Loud & A. Metcalfe Society Norman Italy 172 The abbot was given the right to wear the mitre, dalmatic, ring and other quasi-episcopal vestments, and to carry a pastoral staff.
quasi-eternal adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪᵻˈtəːnl/, /ˌkwɒzɪᵻˈtəːnl/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪəˈtərn(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziiˈtərn(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziəˈtərn(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻˈtəːnl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪᵻˈtəːnl//ˌkwɑːzɪᵻˈtəːnl//ˌkwɒzɪᵻˈtəːnl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪiˈtərn(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪiˈtərn(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌzaɪəˈtərn(ə)l//ˌkwɑziiˈtərn(ə)l//ˌkwɑziəˈtərn(ə)l/ΚΠ
1845 Foreign Q. Rev. Jan. 435 Sensible men..are not ashamed to chatter about eternal, or quasi-eternal, Chinese dynasties, the most modern of which began before the birth of history.
1959 G. B. Ladner Idea of Reform ii. v. 183 The sixfold unfolding of the first day in the quasi-eternal angelic mind blends with the evolution of the seminal reasons of the living creatures.
2001 Hist. & Theory 40 326 Such a dichotomous view..regards ‘organicism’ and ‘mechanicism’ as the two poles in a kind of eternal or quasi-eternal opposition.
quasi-ethical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈɛθᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈɛθᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˈɛθək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɛθək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈɛθək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɛθᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɛθᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈɛθᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪˈɛθᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɛθək(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɛθək(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˈɛθək(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɛθək(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˈɛθək(ə)l/ΚΠ
1879 Mind 4 429 Sigwart's..appeal to the quasi-ethical Ideal of a necessary order and sequence amongst phenomena, would appear by implication to reject any such view.
1949 Mind 58 203 The deductions which welfare economists make are quasi-ethical.
2004 Business Line (Nexis) 17 May Often..constituents find it difficult to control unethical or quasi-ethical behaviour in Congress because of the high costs involved in monitoring legislators' activities.
quasi-ethically adv. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈɛθᵻkli/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈɛθᵻkli/, /ˌkwɑziˈɛθək(ə)li/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɛθək(ə)li/, /ˌkwɑsiˈɛθək(ə)li/ rare
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɛθᵻkli/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɛθᵻkli//ˌkwɑːzɪˈɛθᵻkli//ˌkwɒzɪˈɛθᵻkli/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɛθək(ə)li/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɛθək(ə)li//ˌkwɑziˈɛθək(ə)li//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɛθək(ə)li//ˌkwɑsiˈɛθək(ə)li/ΚΠ
1909 W. M. Urban Valuation vii. 214 The feeling..is quasi-ethically qualified.
quasi-Fascist adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈfaʃɪst/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈfaʃɪst/, /ˌkwɑziˈfæʃəst/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈfæʃəst/, /ˌkwɑsiˈfæʃəst/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈfaʃɪst/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈfaʃɪst//ˌkwɑːzɪˈfaʃɪst//ˌkwɒzɪˈfaʃɪst/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈfæʃəst/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈfæʃəst//ˌkwɑziˈfæʃəst//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈfæʃəst//ˌkwɑsiˈfæʃəst/ΚΠ
1930 N.Y. Times 14 Dec. (Mag.) 21/2 All three parties—Labor, Liberal and Conservatives—are..realizing that the economic situation may require a measure of quasi-Fascist discipline.
1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iv. xxxv. 376 Greece, too, lived under a quasi-Fascist dictatorship.
1996 A. Calder in H. Ritchie New Sc. Writing 232 Joyce is so anti-people-who-are-anti-English that she must be in line for death threats from the mercifully few nutters on the SNP's quasi-Fascist fringe.
quasi-feudal adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈfjuːdl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈfjuːdl/, /ˌkwɑziˈfjud(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈfjud(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈfjud(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈfjuːdl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈfjuːdl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈfjuːdl//ˌkwɒzɪˈfjuːdl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈfjud(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈfjud(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˈfjud(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈfjud(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˈfjud(ə)l/ΚΠ
1854 R. G. Latham Native Races Russ. Empire x. 147 The representatives of some of these great families still retain their own lands,—lands held under feudal or quasi- feudal conditions.
1910 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 15 647 Land-tenure is approaching, through a quasi-feudal form, the stage of private holdings.
2004 Foreign Affairs Mar.–Apr. 168/2 Only at the end of this period did professional militaries emerge, as the quasi-feudal caudillo tradition, damaging to economic growth and social development, began to subside.
quasi-general adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/, /ˌkwɑziˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/, /ˌkwɑsiˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl//ˌkweɪzʌɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩//ˌkwɑːzɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩//ˌkwɒzɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl//ˌkwɒzɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rl̩/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl//ˌkwɑziˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl//ˌkwɑsiˈdʒɛn(ə)rəl/ΚΠ
1883 Science 20 Apr. 320/2 Mr. Alex. S. Christie read a paper on ‘A quasi general differentiation’, which was discussed by Messrs. C. H. Kummell and E. B. Elliott.
1948 Mind 57 50 If ‘If Nero had been Seneca’ means anything at all, it is a quasi-general proposition which can be analysed either as ‘If Nero had had the character of Seneca’ or ‘If Seneca had been emperor’.
2003 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 12 Mar. 1 There was quasi-general support for Chirac's willingness to confront America on what he insisted is an issue of principle rather than one of geopolitical calculation.
quasi-governmental adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɡʌvəˈmɛntl/, /ˌkwɑːzɪɡʌvnˈmɛntl/, /ˌkwɑːzɪɡʌvəˈmɛntl/, /ˌkwɒzɪɡʌvnˈmɛntl/, /ˌkwɒzɪɡʌvəˈmɛntl/, /ˌkwɑziˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɡʌvnˈmɛntl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪɡʌvnˈmɛntl//ˌkweɪzʌɪɡʌvəˈmɛntl//ˌkwɑːzɪɡʌvnˈmɛntl//ˌkwɑːzɪɡʌvəˈmɛntl//ˌkwɒzɪɡʌvnˈmɛntl//ˌkwɒzɪɡʌvəˈmɛntl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l//ˌkwɑziˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l//ˌkwɑsiˌɡəvər(n)ˈmɛn(t)l/ΚΠ
1865 N.Y. Social Sci. Rev. 1 164 From early life in a quasi-governmental employ, he [sc. J. S. Mill] never became the apologist of his superiors, and refused..to become the tool of party.
1961 Ethical Outlook May–June 93/2 If corporations are not to run away with us, they must become quasi-governmental institutions.
2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Sept. b1/2 Some quasi-governmental entities..are required to register their lobbying activities because they are defined as public benefit corporations.
quasi-grammatical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪɡrəˈmatᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪɡrəˈmatᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziɡrəˈmædək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪɡrəˈmædək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiɡrəˈmædək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɡrəˈmatᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪɡrəˈmatᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪɡrəˈmatᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪɡrəˈmatᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪɡrəˈmædək(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪɡrəˈmædək(ə)l//ˌkwɑziɡrəˈmædək(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪɡrəˈmædək(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiɡrəˈmædək(ə)l/ΚΠ
1902 C. S. Peirce in J. M. Baldwin Dict. Philos. & Psychol. II. 449 The student of ordinary logic naturally regards abstraction..to be a quasi-grammatical matter, calling for little or no notice from the logician.
1953 H. A. Hatzfeld Crit. Bibliogr. New Stylistics 1 A theoretical, communicable, analytical, quasi-grammatical language of the critic.
2003 Denver Westword (Nexis) 9 Oct. The blustery broadsheet had a boundless appetite for tales of murder and mayhem, bruited in breathless, quasi-grammatical headlines.
quasi-hallucinatory adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪhəl(j)uːsᵻˈneɪt(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɑːzɪhəˈl(j)uːsᵻnət(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɑːzɪhəl(j)uːsᵻˈneɪt(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɒzɪhəˈl(j)uːsᵻnət(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɒzɪhəl(j)uːsᵻˈneɪt(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɑzihəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪhəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri/, /ˌkwɑsihəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪhəˈl(j)uːsᵻnət(ə)ri/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪhəˈl(j)uːsᵻnət(ə)ri//ˌkweɪzʌɪhəl(j)uːsᵻˈneɪt(ə)ri//ˌkwɑːzɪhəˈl(j)uːsᵻnət(ə)ri//ˌkwɑːzɪhəl(j)uːsᵻˈneɪt(ə)ri//ˌkwɒzɪhəˈl(j)uːsᵻnət(ə)ri//ˌkwɒzɪhəl(j)uːsᵻˈneɪt(ə)ri/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪhəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪhəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri//ˌkwɑzihəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri//ˌkweɪˌsaɪhəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri//ˌkwɑsihəˈlusn̩əˌtɔri/ΚΠ
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. ii. xx. 220 Optical objects not actually present..being imagined now with a quasi-hallucinatory strength.
1979 C. E. Schorske Fin-de-Siècle Vienna vii. 330 A quasi-hallucinatory, erotic dream experience.
2005 N.Y. Observer (Nexis) 12 Dec. 25 Even the almost-accidental fatal shooting of a policeman doesn't slow up the flow of quasi-hallucinatory incidents that gives the film a genuinely nightmarish quality.
quasi-historical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪhɪˈstɒrᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪhɪˈstɒrᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑzihɪˈstɔrək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪhɪˈstɔrək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsihɪˈstɔrək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪhɪˈstɒrᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪhɪˈstɒrᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪhɪˈstɒrᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪhɪˈstɒrᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪhɪˈstɔrək(ə)l/
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1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. 83 The general types of Hermês and Apollo,..engender a string of expository incidents cast into a quasi-historical form.
1933 Mind 42 396 Objective Spirits..regulate individual personality, making personality, by participation, a quasi~historical thing, or, as I should perhaps have said, a sui-thing.
2006 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 15 Apr. (Travel section) 9 Could there be any pleasure—or purpose—in immersing oneself in a contrived, quasi-historical world for a weekend?
quasi-horizontal adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪhɒrɪˈzɒntl/, /ˌkwɒzɪhɒrɪˈzɒntl/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌhɑrəˈzɑn(t)l/, /ˌkwɑziˌhɔrəˈzɑn(t)l/, /ˌkwɑziˌhɑrəˈzɑn(t)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪhɒrɪˈzɒntl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪhɒrɪˈzɒntl//ˌkwɑːzɪhɒrɪˈzɒntl//ˌkwɒzɪhɒrɪˈzɒntl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌhɔrəˈzɑn(t)l/
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1865 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1862–4 9 492 A careful examination of the polarizing thermal and rotation currents, will show that the spirals..are quasi horizontal cyclones.
1911 Science 22 Sept. 362/2 The evidence is seen in sharp anticlinal folding; sometimes also in crush-brecciation along quasi-horizontal bands.
1999 S. P. Arya Air Pollution Meteorol. & Dispersion iii. 50 A jet stream is defined as a strong narrow current, concentrated along the quasi-horizontal axis in the upper troposphere or in the stratosphere.
quasi-independent adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪɪndᵻˈpɛndənt/, /ˌkwɒzɪɪndᵻˈpɛndənt/, /ˌkwɑziˌɪndəˈpɛndənt/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌɪndəˈpɛndənt/, /ˌkwɑsiˌɪndəˈpɛndənt/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɪndᵻˈpɛndənt/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪɪndᵻˈpɛndənt//ˌkwɑːzɪɪndᵻˈpɛndənt//ˌkwɒzɪɪndᵻˈpɛndənt/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɪndəˈpɛndənt/
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1840 Edinb. Rev. July 333 It..entered deeply into intrigues both with the quasi-independent princes of the peninsula and with the petty rajahs.
1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. Gloss. Polyzoism, the property, in a complex organism, of being composed of minor and quasi-independent organisms (like the polyzoa or ‘sea-mats’).
1933 Mind 42 385 There is..no point in ‘reifying’ the system, and then treating it as something quasi-independent of its parts.
1997 Community Care 17 July 11/1 The Conservatives' White Paper on social services earlier this year plumped for a quasi-independent model.
quasi-instantaneous adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs/, /ˌkwɒzɪɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs/, /ˌkwɑziˌɪnstənˈteɪniəs/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌɪnstənˈteɪniəs/, /ˌkwɑsiˌɪnstənˈteɪniəs/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs/
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1871 Dublin Rev. 17 38 To question the immediate and instantaneous (or quasi-instantaneous) formation by God of the bodies of Adam and Eve..is, at least, rash, and, perhaps, proximate to heresy.
1960 C. S. Lewis Stud. in Words 214 The words in a great poet's phrase..strike the mind as a quasi-instantaneous chord, yet, strictly speaking, each word must be read or heard before the next.
2000 Leader-Post (Regina, Sask.) (Nexis) 16 Dec. a15 This quasi-instantaneous knowledge is vital in our system to underline the credibility of the results and of the whole process.
quasi-judicial adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪdʒᵿˈdɪʃl/, /ˌkwɒzɪdʒᵿˈdɪʃl/, /ˌkwɑziˌdʒuˈdɪʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌdʒuˈdɪʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˌdʒuˈdɪʃ(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪdʒᵿˈdɪʃl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪdʒᵿˈdɪʃl//ˌkwɑːzɪdʒᵿˈdɪʃl//ˌkwɒzɪdʒᵿˈdɪʃl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌdʒuˈdɪʃ(ə)l/
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1820 Times 18 Aug. 1/10 It [sc. the impeachment] would have been quasi judicial, although the principles of justice would even then have been violated while its forms were half observed.
1895 Mrs. H. Ward Bessie Costrell iv. 574 Saunders in this affair had perhaps exercised the quasi-judicial functions the village had long by common consent allowed him, with more readiness than usual.
1997 Accountancy Apr. 75/1 The accountancy profession will need an independent regulator, which will report to a new regulatory body..that will be non-partisan, quasi-judicial and accountable to Parliament.
quasi-legal adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈliːɡl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈliːɡl/, /ˌkwɑziˈliɡ(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈliɡ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈliɡ(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈliːɡl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈliːɡl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈliːɡl//ˌkwɒzɪˈliːɡl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈliɡ(ə)l/
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1844 G. C. Hebbe & J. MacKay tr. ‘C. Sealsfield’ Life in New World 61/1 A warning to these southlanders whose good dollars they are plotting to obtain, in a quasi legal manner [Ger. auf eine quasilegale Weise], in barter for their northern equivalents.
1951 E. E. Evans-Pritchard Social Anthropol. i. 14 The sample includes studies of..quasi-legal institutions..and of the entire social organization..of one or other people.
1995 Amer. Brewer Spring 29/2 Cider enjoyed a quasi-legal status during Prohibition.
quasi-logical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈlɒdʒᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈlɒdʒᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈlɒdʒᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪˈlɒdʒᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/
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1888 B. Bosanquet Logic I. i. i. 80 The finite verb..contains all these elements within itself; and the history of their being distinguished within the sentence is the history partly of linguistic evolution and partly of grammatical or quasi-logical analysis.
1960 New Biol. 31 135 They form part of an entrancing quasi-logical world, but it has little in common with the pedestrian, irrational world of the empiric.
2004 O. B. Jensen & T. Richardson Making European Space i. iii. 62 Spatial metaphors play a critical role in the formation of human knowledge, action and imagination and provide a quasilogical framework of associations.
quasi-marital adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈmarᵻtl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈmarᵻtl/, /ˌkwɑziˈmɛrəd(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɛrəd(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈmɛrəd(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmarᵻtl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmarᵻtl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈmarᵻtl//ˌkwɒzɪˈmarᵻtl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmɛrəd(ə)l/
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1858 T. R. R. Cobb Inq. Law Negro Slavery Index 345 Extenuation of crime, by quasi marital relation.
1959 G. D. Mitchell Sociol. 64 His wife's sisters are, therefore, in a relationship to him which Radcliffe-Brown has described as quasi-marital.
2006 Financial Times (Nexis) 16 Sept. 7 When the government introduced legislation in 2004 that introduced civil partnerships, its intention was to create a quasi-marital arrangement for same-sex couples.
quasi-material adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪməˈtɪərɪəl/, /ˌkwɒzɪməˈtɪərɪəl/, /ˌkwɑziməˈtɪriəl/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪməˈtɪriəl/, /ˌkwɑsiməˈtɪriəl/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈtɪərɪəl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈtɪərɪəl//ˌkwɑːzɪməˈtɪərɪəl//ˌkwɒzɪməˈtɪərɪəl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪməˈtɪriəl/
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1848 J. Herschel in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 185 Of the supposed luminiferous aether itself, as one of the material or quasi-material contents of space, M. de Humboldt says nothing.
1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. xiv. 269 This ‘soul’ was regarded as similar to the body in form and nature, and as having a quasi-material existence of its own.
1997 Guardian (Nexis) 20 Nov. 18 These troglodytes exist in that nebulous quasi-material form that is part rumour, part legend.
quasi-mathematical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪmaθ(ə)ˈmatᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪmaθ(ə)ˈmatᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˌmæθ(ə)ˈmædək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌmæθ(ə)ˈmædək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˌmæθ(ə)ˈmædək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪmaθ(ə)ˈmatᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪmaθ(ə)ˈmatᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪmaθ(ə)ˈmatᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪmaθ(ə)ˈmatᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌmæθ(ə)ˈmædək(ə)l/
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1870 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 160 516 In Boole's system the same groups are indicated by certain quasi-mathematical symbols as follows.
1964 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 775/3 The ‘kinetic art’ which is occupying so many of the younger artists today..is largely based on a quasi-mathematical analysis of variation and motion.
quasi-mechanical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪmᵻˈkanᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪmᵻˈkanᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziməˈkænək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪməˈkænək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiməˈkænək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪmᵻˈkanᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪmᵻˈkanᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪmᵻˈkanᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪmᵻˈkanᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪməˈkænək(ə)l/
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1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. i. 36 Several coarser or finer quasi-mechanical substitutes for the true nectar, which is the ravishment of the intellect by coming nearer to the fact.
1920 W. R. Sorley Hist. Eng. Philos. xii. 265 He had started in his thinking with the quasi-mechanical view of a fixed norm of belief existing in the past.
2005 New Yorker 28 Mar. 79/2 Ishiguro's characters seem so earnestly respectable, they have the same mad, compulsive quasi-mechanical qualities that Beckett's do.
quasi-mechanistic adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/, /ˌkwɑsiˌmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪmɛkəˈnɪstɪk/
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1922 Monist 32 74 They began to think in quasi-mechanistic terminology regarding purely local and immediate phenomena.
1961 Chicago Rev. 15 No. 1. 94 Sub-human and quasi-mechanistic powers.
1995 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 37 388 In our time it has appeared as innovatory not to take consumer practice for granted as some quasi-mechanistic outcome of needs and use-values.
quasi-metallic adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪmᵻˈtalɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪmᵻˈtalɪk/, /ˌkwɑziməˈtælɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪməˈtælɪk/, /ˌkwɑsiməˈtælɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪmᵻˈtalɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪmᵻˈtalɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪmᵻˈtalɪk//ˌkwɒzɪmᵻˈtalɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪməˈtælɪk/
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1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. iv. 417 The voice..was of clangorous and penetrating, quasi-metallic nature.
1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxviii. 439 Elementary carbon is found in Nature in two distinct forms, namely, in a quasimetallic form as graphite and in a transparent non-metallic form as diamond.
1968 C. G. Kuper Introd. Theory Superconductivity xv. 260 One electron per spine atom is in a π-state, and exhibits quasimetallic properties in one dimension.
1996 Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) (Nexis) 25 Feb. h10 There is almost none of the quasi-metallic scraping and dry, air-between-the-notes sound that so irritated listeners when the new digital technology emerged in the middle 1980s.
quasi-metaphysical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪmɛtəˈfɪzᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪmɛtəˈfɪzᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˌmɛdəˈfɪzək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌmɛdəˈfɪzək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˌmɛdəˈfɪzək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪmɛtəˈfɪzᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪmɛtəˈfɪzᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪmɛtəˈfɪzᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪmɛtəˈfɪzᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌmɛdəˈfɪzək(ə)l/
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1856 Jrnl. Geol. Soc. Dublin 6 256 It is a quasi metaphysical notion of the manifestation of a relation among organic beings in geological time.
1959 New Biol. 30 59 So impressive is this ‘organic unity’ that its existence has been claimed to set living matter apart from non-living and has more than once been elevated into a quasi~metaphysical postulate.
2006 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 4 June This novel is very good on conveying the sense of money as an almost abstract, quasi-metaphysical concept which none the less has a remorselessly real impact on people.
quasi-military adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈmɪlᵻt(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈmɪlᵻt(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɑziˈmɪləˌtɛri/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɪləˌtɛri/, /ˌkwɑsiˈmɪləˌtɛri/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmɪlᵻt(ə)ri/
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1839 Times 18 July 3/1 The lord-lieutenant quasi custos rotulorum was excluded from any jurisdiction in the town; but quasi military lord-lieutenant..was not excluded.
1895 M. Pemberton Impregnable City xvii. 126 Men in quasi-military uniforms..contributed to the impression of the scene.
1995 Independent on Sunday 26 Mar. 24/8 The researchers concluded that the quasi-military aspects of boot camps made no contribution to preventing reoffending.
quasi-miraculous adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪmᵻˈrakjᵿləs/, /ˌkwɒzɪmᵻˈrakjᵿləs/, /ˌkwɑziməˈrækjələs/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪməˈrækjələs/, /ˌkwɑsiməˈrækjələs/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪmᵻˈrakjᵿləs/
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1848 G. Sandby Mesmerism & its Opponents (ed. 2) vii. 300 They cannot be all true, nor all of a quasi-miraculous authority.
1904 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 1 541 An experience that knows another can figure as its representative, not in any quasi-miraculous ‘epistemological’ sense, but in the definite practical sense of being its substitute in various operations.
2002 Times (Nexis) 17 Aug. 3 It is quasi-miraculous to find anyone even vaguely opinionated in the world of pop.
quasi-monastic adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪməˈnastɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪməˈnastɪk/, /ˌkwɑziməˈnæstɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪməˈnæstɪk/, /ˌkwɑsiməˈnæstɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈnastɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈnastɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪməˈnastɪk//ˌkwɒzɪməˈnastɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪməˈnæstɪk/
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1850 Q. Rev. Mar. 140 A few specimens of these quasi-monastic ANA may amuse the elder and idler of our own congregation.
1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 241 President Azaña emerged from his quasi-monastic retirement in a villa near Gerona to appoint a new Government.
1991 German Hist. 9 378 The Bruderhöfe, the quasi-monastic collective social and economic institutions which sought to negate private ties of affection.
quasi-mythical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈmɪθᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈmɪθᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˈmɪθək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmɪθək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈmɪθək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmɪθᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈmɪθᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈmɪθᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪˈmɪθᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmɪθək(ə)l/
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1859 J. M. Ludlow Thoughts on Policy of Crown towards India xvi. 215 Nor is it to be supposed that these complaints apply only to the quasi-mythical days..of Clive and Warren Hastings.
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xx. 211 Difficulties arise which have made psychologists appeal to new and quasi-mythical mental powers.
1994 Guardian 29 Jan. (Weekend Suppl.) 24/1 Our aim was to discover a new species of cisticola, a quasi-mythical beast called Pearson's Cisticola.
quasi-neutral adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈnjuːtr(ə)l/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈnjuːtr(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziˈn(j)utrəl/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈn(j)utrəl/, /ˌkwɑsiˈn(j)utrəl/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnjuːtr(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnjuːtr(ə)l//ˌkwɑːzɪˈnjuːtr(ə)l//ˌkwɒzɪˈnjuːtr(ə)l/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈn(j)utrəl/
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1839 Times 29 May 4/3 While the original publication, being on the neutral (or quasi neutral) territory of a British possession, the parties concerned in it are protected from punishment.
1905 Daily Chron. 11 May 5/1 The Admiral asserts that he is not the only one who has provisioned in neutral or quasi-neutral waters.
1962 W. B. Thompson Introd. Plasma Physics iv. 45 From the extremely small value..it is clear that a conductor resembles a plasma in remaining quasi-neutral.
2003 FD (Fair Disclosure) Wire (Nexis) 19 Nov. We have a sufficient amount of lower tier one instruments that are U.S. dominated so that we can have a neutral or quasi-neutral impact of the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar versus the euro.
quasi-normal adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈnɔːml/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈnɔːml/, /ˌkwɑziˈnɔrm(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈnɔrm(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈnɔrm(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnɔːml/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnɔːml//ˌkwɑːzɪˈnɔːml//ˌkwɒzɪˈnɔːml/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈnɔrm(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈnɔrm(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˈnɔrm(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈnɔrm(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˈnɔrm(ə)l/ΚΠ
1848 N. Brit. Rev. 9 425 In the financial departments the system of fraud and corruption..has grown with their growth, and become part and parcel of their quasi normal constitution.
1890 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 426 We may speak of the length of the middle finger and that of the stature being correlated together under a recognized understanding that the variations are quasi-normal.
1965 Math. in Biol. & Med. (Med. Res. Council) v. 228 The form of this distribution..is negatively exponential,..quite unlike the normal and quasi-normal distributions with which we deal intuitively in most everyday situations.
2006 Independent (Nexis) 29 July 43 Our spirits are not down, and we're trying to continue with a quasi-normal style of life.
quasi-official adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪəˈfɪʃl/, /ˌkwɒzɪəˈfɪʃl/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌoʊˈfɪʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziəˈfɪʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziˌoʊˈfɪʃ(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪəˈfɪʃl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪəˈfɪʃl//ˌkwɑːzɪəˈfɪʃl//ˌkwɒzɪəˈfɪʃl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪəˈfɪʃ(ə)l/
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1835 H. S. Legaré Let. 16 Jan. in Writings (1846) I. 196 I was induced to take official notice of this quasi official paragraph.
1882 Mind 7 186 Hegel's philosophy..must, now that it has become quasi-official, make ready to defend itself as well as to attack others.
1995 Private Eye 25 Aug. 26/2 Arts and Cultures is to all appearances a normal independent, commercial publication. Nowhere, unless it's in invisible ink, does it say it is sponsored, or quasi-official, or, to put it a little more plainly, prostituted.
quasi-officially adv. /ˌkweɪzʌɪəˈfɪʃəli/, /ˌkwɑːzɪəˈfɪʃl̩i/, /ˌkwɑːzɪəˈfɪʃəli/, /ˌkwɒzɪəˈfɪʃl̩i/, /ˌkwɒzɪəˈfɪʃəli/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌoʊˈfɪʃəli/, /ˌkwɑziəˈfɪʃəli/, /ˌkwɑziˌoʊˈfɪʃəli/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪəˈfɪʃl̩i/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪəˈfɪʃl̩i//ˌkweɪzʌɪəˈfɪʃəli//ˌkwɑːzɪəˈfɪʃl̩i//ˌkwɑːzɪəˈfɪʃəli//ˌkwɒzɪəˈfɪʃl̩i//ˌkwɒzɪəˈfɪʃəli/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪəˈfɪʃəli/
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1855 H. R. Schoolcraft Hist. Indian Tribes v. 664 The spelling..has been quasi officially adopted.
1900 Times 21 Nov. 11/6 Have we not the right to ask, now that we are told quasi-officially that the war is over, why our boys are not sent home?
2005 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 27 Sept. (Sports section) 16 Wayne Rooney, the raging teenage bull of English soccer, is now, quasi-officially, the most promising young player in the world.
quasi-ossianic adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪɒsɪˈanɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪɒsɪˈanɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɑʃiˈænɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌɑsiˈænɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌɑʃiˈænɪk/ rare
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪɒsɪˈanɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪɒsɪˈanɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪɒsɪˈanɪk//ˌkwɒzɪɒsɪˈanɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɑsiˈænɪk/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɑsiˈænɪk//ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌɑʃiˈænɪk//ˌkwɑziˌɑsiˈænɪk//ˌkwɑziˌɑʃiˈænɪk/ΚΠ
1868 Spectator 22 Aug. 98/1 When the theme is pursued in a quasi-Ossianic dialect.., it excites a feeling very hard to be distinguished from loathing.
1956 W. H. Auden in Listener 26 Jan. 137/1 The Paid Announcer..with his quasi-ossianic prose Cuts in upon the lovers, halts the band, To name a sponsor or to praise a brand.
quasi-permanent adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈpəːmənənt/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈpəːmənənt/, /ˌkwɑziˈpərm(ə)nənt/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈpərm(ə)nənt/, /ˌkwɑsiˈpərm(ə)nənt/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpəːmənənt/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpəːmənənt//ˌkwɑːzɪˈpəːmənənt//ˌkwɒzɪˈpəːmənənt/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈpərm(ə)nənt/
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1857 F. L. Olmsted Journey through Texas iv. 232 With the help of the mule we got together some huge live-oak logs, and made a quasi-permanent fire-place, which kept a-glow all night.
1927 B. Russell Outl. Philos. iv. 50 The act of writing produces quasi-permanent material structures.
2006 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Aug. b2 Presidential assumption of extraordinary powers of arrest, detention and surveillance, on any or no pretext..was not only justified but became quasi-permanent in American life.
quasi-personal adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpəːsən(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈpəːsn̩(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈpəːsən(ə)l/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈpəːsn̩(ə)l/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈpəːsən(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziˈpərs(ə)nəl/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈpərs(ə)nəl/, /ˌkwɑsiˈpərs(ə)nəl/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpəːsn̩(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpəːsn̩(ə)l//ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpəːsən(ə)l//ˌkwɑːzɪˈpəːsn̩(ə)l//ˌkwɑːzɪˈpəːsən(ə)l//ˌkwɒzɪˈpəːsn̩(ə)l//ˌkwɒzɪˈpəːsən(ə)l/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈpərs(ə)nəl/
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1845 W. E. Gladstone in Q. Rev. June 201 Mr. Blanco White..even to the last embraced the idea of a personal or quasi-personal God, whom he could regard with reverence and love.
1961 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 26 Aug. a4/4 Governor Sanford used his weekly news conference as a forum to get off a number of quasi-personal observations, but about subjects in which there is lively public interest.
2004 SF Weekly (Calif.) (Nexis) 16 June Currently, in a quasi-personal protest over the Atkins Diet craze, I'm in a pasta phase.
quasi-philosophical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪfɪləˈsɒfᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪfɪləˈsɒfᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˌfɪləˈsɑfək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌfɪləˈsɑfək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˌfɪləˈsɑfək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪfɪləˈsɒfᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪfɪləˈsɒfᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪfɪləˈsɒfᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪfɪləˈsɒfᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌfɪləˈsɑfək(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌfɪləˈsɑfək(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˌfɪləˈsɑfək(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌfɪləˈsɑfək(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˌfɪləˈsɑfək(ə)l/ΚΠ
1836 J. W. Donaldson Theatre of Greeks (ed. 4) v. 88 The quasi-philosophical character of Euripides gained him so much popularity among his less civilized contemporaries.
1943 Mind 52 100 If ‘practical’ means ‘relevant to human happiness and misery’ there is hardly anything more practically important than have been certain philosophical or quasi-philosophical ideas.
2004 Times (Nexis) 18 Dec. 61 The French are past masters at getting what they want while putting a quasi-philosophical spin on things.
quasi-physical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈfɪzᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈfɪzᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˈfɪzək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈfɪzək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈfɪzək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈfɪzᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈfɪzᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈfɪzᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪˈfɪzᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈfɪzək(ə)l/
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1854 C. J. Ellicott Crit. Comm. Epist. Gal. (iii. 10) 42 Ύπὸ does not appear used in a quasi-physical sense..but in its common ethical sense of subjection to.
1953 G. E. M. Anscombe tr. L. Wittgenstein Philos. Investig. i. 121 You interpret a grammatical movement made by yourself as a quasi-physical phenomenon which you are observing.
2004 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 6 Aug. 31 Water parks create the wonderfully appealing illusion that you are doing something slightly risky, quasi-physical and mildly adventurous.
quasi-predicative adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪprᵻˈdɪkətɪv/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈprɛdᵻkətɪv/, /ˌkwɑːzɪprᵻˈdɪkətɪv/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈprɛdᵻkətɪv/, /ˌkwɒzɪprᵻˈdɪkətɪv/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈprɛdəkədɪv/, /ˌkwɑziˈprɛdəˌkeɪdɪv/, /ˌkwɑziˈprɛdəkədɪv/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈprɛdᵻkətɪv/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈprɛdᵻkətɪv//ˌkweɪzʌɪprᵻˈdɪkətɪv//ˌkwɑːzɪˈprɛdᵻkətɪv//ˌkwɑːzɪprᵻˈdɪkətɪv//ˌkwɒzɪˈprɛdᵻkətɪv//ˌkwɒzɪprᵻˈdɪkətɪv/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈprɛdəˌkeɪdɪv/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈprɛdəˌkeɪdɪv//ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈprɛdəkədɪv//ˌkwɑziˈprɛdəˌkeɪdɪv//ˌkwɑziˈprɛdəkədɪv/ΚΠ
1870 F. A. March Compar. Gram. Anglo-Saxon Lang. iii. §293. 147 Quasi-predicative Combinations... The subject of an infinitive is put in the accusative... This accusative is grammatically the object of the preceding verb; but after verbs of perceiving and declaring, wishing and expressing a wish, and some others, the logical object is the infinitive clause.
1934 Language 10 366 Jesperson's two terms [sc. ‘junction’ and ‘nexus’] roughly correspond to an assumptive combination and a predicative (at times a quasi-predicative) combination.
2002 J. K. A. Smith Speech & Theol. ii. iv. 132 Praise is quasi-predicative and quasi-determinative: it says something about someone, but without prescription or definition.
quasi-psychotic adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪsʌɪˈkɒtɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪsʌɪˈkɒtɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌsaɪˈkɑdɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌsaɪˈkɑdɪk/, /ˌkwɑsiˌsaɪˈkɑdɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪsʌɪˈkɒtɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪsʌɪˈkɒtɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪsʌɪˈkɒtɪk//ˌkwɒzɪsʌɪˈkɒtɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌsaɪˈkɑdɪk/
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1944 Bull. Menninger Clinic 8 11 The British school suggests that such childhood neurosis was yet built over a ‘pre-historic’, quasi-psychotic condition of the first year of life.
1981 Hispania 64 190/1 An obsession with the quasi-psychotic wish for self-destruction—often manifested as a paradoxical enjoyment of suffering.
2004 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 30 July a6 In general, stress can lead to anxiety reactions and some quasi-psychotic reactions... Reactions to extreme stress can range from an elevated heart rate to hearing voices.
quasi-public adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈpʌblɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈpʌblɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˈpəblɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈpəblɪk/, /ˌkwɑsiˈpəblɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpʌblɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpʌblɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪˈpʌblɪk//ˌkwɒzɪˈpʌblɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈpəblɪk/
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1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Feb. 231 Our system of bank-note currency..being issued by a limited number of favored individuals, whose private interests artfully invest themselves with a certain quasi-public character through a legislative charter.
1965 LIFE 14 May 140/2 In New York State an authority is a quasi-public entity created by legislature to build and operate such mammoth public-works undertakings as bridges, highways, tunnels, power projects and parks.
1992 MacWorld June 26/2 The federal courts decided some years ago to disallow quasipublic utilities, such as phone companies, from providing information services.
quasi-purposive adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈpəːpəsɪv/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈpəːpəsɪv/, /ˌkwɑziˈpərpəsɪv/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈpərpəsɪv/, /ˌkwɑsiˈpərpəsɪv/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpəːpəsɪv/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈpəːpəsɪv//ˌkwɑːzɪˈpəːpəsɪv//ˌkwɒzɪˈpəːpəsɪv/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈpərpəsɪv/
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1881 Mind 6 116 As a movement is the mere flow of stored-up nervous energy, and has no definite quasi-purposive character, it is best regarded as a mechanical result of present conditions merely.
1907 H. Rashdall Theory of Good & Evil II. iii. iv. 373 Biology now finds that it cannot get on without the idea of ‘quasi-purposive’ behaviour in accounting for the growth of the individual organisms.
1996 Musical Times Jan. 10/2 This is the attribute of discursivity, of music's ability to articulate a quasi-purposive, self-referential channel of meaning.
quasi-religious adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪrᵻˈlɪdʒəs/, /ˌkwɒzɪrᵻˈlɪdʒəs/, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪriˈlɪdʒəs/, /ˌkwɑzirəˈlɪdʒəs/, /ˌkwɑziriˈlɪdʒəs/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪrᵻˈlɪdʒəs/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪrᵻˈlɪdʒəs//ˌkwɑːzɪrᵻˈlɪdʒəs//ˌkwɒzɪrᵻˈlɪdʒəs/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪrəˈlɪdʒəs/
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1833 Times 6 June 2/3 It is certainly intolerable that these (quasi religious) functionaries should..be so assiduous in swelling every anti-Ministerial majority.
1906 W. James Coll. Ess. & Rev. (1920) 465 In the writings of this youthful Italian [sc. Papini]..I find..a tone of feeling well fitted to rally devotees and to make of pragmatism a new militant form of religious or quasi-religious philosophy.
1993 Independent on Sunday 4 Apr. (Business section) 14/4 With their principles and commandments, they can..be seen as ‘quasi-religious’.
quasi-simultaneous adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəs/, /ˌkwɒzɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəs/, /ˌkwɑziˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəs/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəs/, /ˌkwɑsiˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəs/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəs/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəs//ˌkwɑːzɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəs//ˌkwɒzɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəs/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəs/
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1858 J. Deane Man. Hist. & Sci. Fire-arms 270 A full and quasi simultaneous evolution of the whole force of the powder-charge.
1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past xii. 353 Another instance of quasi-simultaneous evolution of classes and orders is provided by primitive vertebrates.
2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 24 Aug. 12 The Supreme Allied Commander Europe's strike plan would mean the quasi-simultaneous delivery of somewhere between 500 and 1000 weapons..on target.
quasi-simultaneously adv. /ˌkwɑːzɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, /ˌkwɒzɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, /ˌkwɑziˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli/, /ˌkwɑsiˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli//ˌkwɑːzɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli//ˌkwɒzɪsɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli//ˌkwɑziˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli//ˌkwɑsiˌsaɪməlˈteɪniəsli/ΚΠ
1925 E. Winter tr. W. Köhler Mentality of Apes ii. 39 The best tool easily loses its situational value if it is not visible simultaneously or quasi-simultaneously with the region of the objective.
2000 Jrnl. Mammalogy 81 928/2 Later detectors incorporated a scanning electronics circuit, allowing observations to quasi-simultaneously monitor a selectable frequency range.
quasi-stable adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈsteɪbl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈsteɪbl/, /ˌkwɑziˈsteɪb(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈsteɪb(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈsteɪb(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsteɪbl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsteɪbl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈsteɪbl//ˌkwɒzɪˈsteɪbl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈsteɪb(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈsteɪb(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˈsteɪb(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈsteɪb(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˈsteɪb(ə)l/ΚΠ
1926 Science 13 Aug. 161/2 There is a strangely wide-spread belief that the quasi-stable support of a light ball in a vertical water jet is due to forces that may be accounted for by the principle of Bernoulli.
1964 C. Dent Quantity Surv. by Computer Gloss. 124 Flip-flop, a trigger circuit which has one stable or quasi-stable state and one unstable state.
2002 Population & Devel. Rev. 28 297 One may also query whether the assumption of a quasi-stable population..is still appropriate for some of the countries.
quasi-stationary adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsteɪʃən(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈsteɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈsteɪʃən(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈsteɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈsteɪʃən(ə)ri/, /ˌkwɑziˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri/, /ˌkwɑsiˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsteɪʃn̩(ə)ri/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsteɪʃn̩(ə)ri//ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsteɪʃən(ə)ri//ˌkwɑːzɪˈsteɪʃn̩(ə)ri//ˌkwɑːzɪˈsteɪʃən(ə)ri//ˌkwɒzɪˈsteɪʃn̩(ə)ri//ˌkwɒzɪˈsteɪʃən(ə)ri/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri//ˌkwɑziˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri//ˌkwɑsiˈsteɪʃəˌnɛri/ΚΠ
1878 Notes & Queries 21 Dec. 501/2 More like flying stars than like the quasi-stationary light of a glowworm.
1908 Polit. Sci. Q. 23 241 It appears to justify the burdening of those who live upon quasi-permanent and quasi-stationary incomes from property.
1930 Physical Rev. 35 944 It is essential that the material system..be in a quasistationary state of an energy equal to the energy of some aperiodic motion of the system.
2002 New Scientist 26 Oct. 89/4 The continents of the northern hemisphere drive quasi-stationary ‘planetary waves’ in the atmosphere.
quasi-technical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈtɛknᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈtɛknᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˈtɛknək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈtɛknək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈtɛknək(ə)l/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈtɛknᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈtɛknᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈtɛknᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪˈtɛknᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈtɛknək(ə)l/
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1842 C. H. Knox Softness I. 41 The coroner very properly declined receiving this precious specimen of quasi-technical composition.
1906 Spectator 7 Apr. 545/1 When metaphysics begin we flounder among quasi-technical platitudes.
1997 T3 Feb. 69/2 The gearbox itself is, frankly, unpleasantly complicated and way beyond the scope of a half-arsed quasi-technical explanation like this.
quasi-thermodynamic adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪθəːmə(ʊ)dᵻˈnamɪk/, /ˌkwɑːzɪθəːmə(ʊ)dʌɪˈnamɪk/, /ˌkwɑːzɪθəːmə(ʊ)dᵻˈnamɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪθəːmə(ʊ)dʌɪˈnamɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪθəːmə(ʊ)dᵻˈnamɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌθərmoʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌθərmoʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk/, /ˌkwɑsiˌθərmoʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪθəːmə(ʊ)dʌɪˈnamɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪθəːmə(ʊ)dʌɪˈnamɪk//ˌkweɪzʌɪθəːmə(ʊ)dᵻˈnamɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪθəːmə(ʊ)dʌɪˈnamɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪθəːmə(ʊ)dᵻˈnamɪk//ˌkwɒzɪθəːmə(ʊ)dʌɪˈnamɪk//ˌkwɒzɪθəːmə(ʊ)dᵻˈnamɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌθərmoʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌθərmoʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk//ˌkwɑziˌθərmoʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌθərmoʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk//ˌkwɑsiˌθərmoʊˌdaɪˈnæmɪk/ΚΠ
1942 Science 9 Jan. 30/1 The quasi-thermodynamic treatment of the rates of chemical reactions, based on Brönsted's theory of the critical complex.
1992 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 89 6343 We demonstrate a quasithermodynamic linkage between cyclization and protein binding.
quasi-totalitarian adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪtəʊtalᵻˈtɛːrɪən/, /ˌkwɒzɪtəʊtalᵻˈtɛːrɪən/, /ˌkwɑziˌtoʊˌtæləˈtɛriən/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌtoʊˌtæləˈtɛriən/, /ˌkwɑsiˌtoʊˌtæləˈtɛriən/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪtəʊtalᵻˈtɛːrɪən/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪtəʊtalᵻˈtɛːrɪən//ˌkwɑːzɪtəʊtalᵻˈtɛːrɪən//ˌkwɒzɪtəʊtalᵻˈtɛːrɪən/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌtoʊˌtæləˈtɛriən/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌtoʊˌtæləˈtɛriən//ˌkwɑziˌtoʊˌtæləˈtɛriən//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌtoʊˌtæləˈtɛriən//ˌkwɑsiˌtoʊˌtæləˈtɛriən/ΚΠ
1940 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 48 383 This law was concerned with the establishment of..precise rules for the compulsory formation of totalitarian or quasi-totalitarian group agreements among enterprises in the same field of activity.
1953 M. Lowry Sel. Lett. (1967) 337 B.C. at the moment has no government at all, though both of them are totalitarian... Or quasi-totalitarian.
2006 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 24 June 14 Immigrants are no longer expected to become Australian but to smile with some derision at Australian history and the old quasi-totalitarian days of assimilation.
quasi-transitive adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈtranzᵻtɪv/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈtrɑːnzᵻtɪv/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈtranzᵻtɪv/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈtrɑːnzᵻtɪv/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈtranzᵻtɪv/, /ˌkwɑziˈtræn(t)sədɪv/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈtræn(t)sədɪv/, /ˌkwɑsiˈtræn(t)sədɪv/
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈtrɑːnzᵻtɪv/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈtrɑːnzᵻtɪv//ˌkweɪzʌɪˈtranzᵻtɪv//ˌkwɑːzɪˈtrɑːnzᵻtɪv//ˌkwɑːzɪˈtranzᵻtɪv//ˌkwɒzɪˈtrɑːnzᵻtɪv//ˌkwɒzɪˈtranzᵻtɪv/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈtræn(t)sədɪv/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈtræn(t)sədɪv//ˌkwɑziˈtræn(t)sədɪv//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈtræn(t)sədɪv//ˌkwɑsiˈtræn(t)sədɪv/ΚΠ
1879 F. T. Elworthy Specimens Eng. Dial. i. 50 When using the word to care in a quasi-transitive sense.
1927 B. Russell Anal. Matter xii. 118 In the case of similarity, we have a relation which is capable of degrees, and may be called ‘quasi-transitive’—i.e. if A is very like B, and B is very like C, then A must be rather like C.
2001 W. Gaertner Domain Conditions in Social Choice Theory iii. 28 If every individual has dichotomous preferences, the simple majority rule generates a quasi-transitive (even fully transitive) social preference relation.
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quasi-implication n. /ˈkwɑːzɪɪmplᵻˌkeɪʃn/, /ˈkwɒzɪɪmplᵻˌkeɪʃn/, /ˈkwɑziˌɪmpləˌkeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌɪmpləˌkeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈkwɑsiˌɪmpləˌkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Logic a specification of the logical relation of implication within non-classical logical systems.
Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪɪmplᵻˌkeɪʃn/
, /ˈkweɪzʌɪɪmplᵻˌkeɪʃn//ˈkwɑːzɪɪmplᵻˌkeɪʃn//ˈkwɒzɪɪmplᵻˌkeɪʃn/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌɪmpləˌkeɪʃ(ə)n/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌɪmpləˌkeɪʃ(ə)n//ˈkwɑziˌɪmpləˌkeɪʃ(ə)n//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌɪmpləˌkeɪʃ(ə)n//ˈkwɑsiˌɪmpləˌkeɪʃ(ə)n/ΚΠ
1946 Philos. & Phenomenological Res. 6 484 Quasi implication does not satisfy all the requirements which are usually made for implications.
1973 J. J. Zeman Modal Logic ii. 21 We may refer to such formulas as ‘quasi-implications’.
1998 Proc. 20th Ann. Conf. Cognitive Sci. Soc. 1274 We verified these quasi-implications by questioning the judges directly, ‘If a dessert cream is quite light, does that mean it will not be very bitter?’ (and vice versa).
quasi-modal n. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈməʊdl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈməʊdl/, /ˌkwɑziˈmoʊd(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmoʊd(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈmoʊd(ə)l/ Linguistics (a) adj. of, relating to, or designating a verbal element having some modal properties; (b) n. a verb having some of the properties of a true modal, but lacking others.
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈməʊdl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈməʊdl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈməʊdl//ˌkwɒzɪˈməʊdl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmoʊd(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈmoʊd(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˈmoʊd(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈmoʊd(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˈmoʊd(ə)l/ΚΠ
1867 W. D. Whitney Lang. & Study of Lang. viii. 303 To the imperfect belongs a subjunctive and imperative, and one or two other less common quasi-modal forms.
1907 E. Sapir in Amer. Anthropologist 9 534 Local or adverbial prefixes and local and quasi-modal suffixes in the verb; and a thoroughly developed system of grammatical sex-gender (masculine, feminine, and neuter).
1969 Lang. 45 747 Gonna can be interpreted as a quasi-modal, comparable to wanna and hafta.
1972 W. Labov Lang. in Inner City ix. 376 The quasimodals produce many problems which are not fully resolved.
1985 R. Quirk et al. Comprehensive Gram. Eng. Lang. 148 A better candidate than let for quasi-modal status, in informal English, is the first person imperative marker let's.
1999 B. K. Dumas in R. S. Wheeler Workings Lang. i. v. 73 In addition, the words and phrases must, have to, and ought to, sometimes called quasi-modals, behave somewhat like true modals.
2002 A. Mittwoch et al. in R. Huddleston & G. K. Pullum Cambr. Gram. Eng. Lang. viii. 753 In the remote conditional, the quasi-modal be serves merely to reinforce the remote meaning.
quasimolecular adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪməˈlɛkjᵿlə/, /ˌkwɒzɪməˈlɛkjᵿlə/, /ˌkwɑziməˈlɛkjələr/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪməˈlɛkjələr/, /ˌkwɑsiməˈlɛkjələr/ Physics and Chemistry (a) analogous to or resembling something molecular; (b) designating an ion consisting of a molecule to which a proton has been attached in order to facilitate spectroscopic analysis.
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈlɛkjᵿlə/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪməˈlɛkjᵿlə//ˌkwɑːzɪməˈlɛkjᵿlə//ˌkwɒzɪməˈlɛkjᵿlə/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪməˈlɛkjələr/
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1906 C. Barus Nucleation of Uncontaminated Atmosphere i. 1 The pressure difference was so adjusted as to entrap all X-ray nuclei, to the exclusion of the normal, quasi-molecular nuclei of dust-free air.
1936 W. L. Davies Chem. Milk xii. 246 Adhesion of the globules on colliding during their quasi-molecular movements.
1974 Physics Bull. Oct. 467/1 Fernandez..gave a review of the radiative and other properties of resonant states observed in heavy ion collisions. Usually known as quasimolecular states, these resonances represent states at approximately 30 MeV excitation.
1995 Jrnl. Biotechnol. 41 155 Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization..is a rather recent ‘soft ionization’ technique which produces quasimolecular ions of large organic molecules of up to several 100 kDa molecular mass.
2006 Steroids 71 846/2 The molecular formula, C28H45NO4, was assigned on the basis of the quasimolecular ion [M + H]+ at m/z 460.3422.
quasi-nuptial n. and adj. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈnʌpʃl/, /ˌkwɑːzɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈnʌpʃl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑziˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/ (a) n. a celebration or rite resembling a marriage ceremony (chiefly in plural); (b) adj. of or relating to such a celebration or rite.
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnʌpʃl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnʌpʃl//ˌkweɪzʌɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l//ˌkwɑːzɪˈnʌpʃl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l//ˌkwɒzɪˈnʌpʃl//ˌkwɒzɪˈnʌptʃ(ə)l/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈnəp(t)ʃ(ə)l/
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1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 47 The epithalamium of these quasi-nuptials is fine.
1974 Pasadena (Calif.) Star-News 25 Mar. c12/1 A little knot of nuptial celebrants certainly would be no more offensive..than the quasi-nuptial celebrations without benefit of ‘paper’ that are common in many a parkland grassy glade and dell.
1995 Christian Cent. (Nexis) 18 Jan. 49 The symbolism was manifest in the quasi-nuptial rite.
2002 New Yorker (Nexis) 2 Sept. The Times announced..that its Sunday Weddings pages are to..come out, transformed, as the Weddings/Celebrations pages, sparkling with accounts of the quasi-nuptials of gay and lesbian couples.
quasi-optical adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈɒptᵻkl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈɒptᵻkl/, /ˌkwɑziˈɑptək(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈɑptək(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈɑptək(ə)l/ Physics and Telecommunications analogous to or resembling something optical; esp. of or relating to electromagnetic waves with frequencies near those of visible light.
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɒptᵻkl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈɒptᵻkl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈɒptᵻkl//ˌkwɒzɪˈɒptᵻkl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈɑptək(ə)l/
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1917 Proc. Royal Soc. 1916–17 A. 93 494 A memoir by Prof. Schuster, ‘On the Periodicity of Sunspots’, which applied the method of quasi-optical analysis elaborated by him.
1965 B.B.C. Handbk. 115 The signals which carry domestic broadcasting programmes are usually designed to be received by ground-wave on medium and long waves and within a quasi-optical range for television and VHF sound broadcasting.
2006 Infrared Physics & Technol. 48 89 Quasi-optical metal grid interference filters have become the standard method for waveband selection for far-infrared and submillimetre photometric instruments.
quasi-quote n. /ˈkwɑːzɪˌkwəʊt/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌkwəʊt/, /ˈkwɑziˌkwoʊt/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌkwoʊt/, /ˈkwɑsiˌkwoʊt/ Logic (in plural) quotation marks used when a term contains both a mention of a symbol from the object language and a use of a symbol from the formal logical metalanguage; usually represented by corners (⌜⌝).
Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌkwəʊt/
, /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌkwəʊt//ˈkwɑːzɪˌkwəʊt//ˈkwɒzɪˌkwəʊt/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌkwoʊt/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌkwoʊt//ˈkwɑziˌkwoʊt//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌkwoʊt//ˈkwɑsiˌkwoʊt/ΚΠ
1937 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 2 146 An expression beginning and ending in corners is to denote the expression which we obtain, from the expression between the corners, by replacing all Greek letters by the expressions which those Greek letters are intended to denote. The corners may thus be viewed as ‘quasi-quotes’; but they must not be confused with ordinary quotation marks.
1979 Jrnl. Philos. 76 245 The material between quasi-quotes represents a single belief whose content in this case is the expressed conjunction.
1999 Noûs 33 551 The quotes are understood as quasi-quotes..and do not form names of the expressions within the quotes.
quasi-science n. /ˈkwɑːzɪˌsʌɪəns/, /ˈkwɒzɪˌsʌɪəns/, /ˈkwɑziˌsaɪəns/, /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌsaɪəns/, /ˈkwɑsiˌsaɪəns/ a branch or field of knowledge that (merely) resembles a science; pseudoscience.
Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌsʌɪəns/
, /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌsʌɪəns//ˈkwɑːzɪˌsʌɪəns//ˈkwɒzɪˌsʌɪəns/U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌsaɪəns/
, /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌsaɪəns//ˈkwɑziˌsaɪəns//ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌsaɪəns//ˈkwɑsiˌsaɪəns/ΚΠ
1859 Sci. Amer. 3 Dec. 367/1 An immense amount of quasi-science has been published by some of our daily papers on this subject.
1924 W. B. Selbie Psychol. Relig. ii. 33 Frazer also regards it [sc. magic] as a quasi-science, in fundamental opposition to religion.
1993 Coloradoan (Fort Collins) 15 May a1/4 The worst case scenario is that [the vote] opens the floodgates to delisting species based on quasi-science, thinly veiled economics and politics.
quasi-scientific adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk/, /ˌkwɒzɪsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk/, /ˌkwɑziˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/, /ˌkwɑsiˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/ seemingly scientific; of the nature of or relating to a quasi-science.
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk//ˌkwɑːzɪsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk//ˌkwɒzɪsʌɪənˈtɪfɪk/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk//ˌkwɑziˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk//ˌkwɑsiˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk/ΚΠ
1859 Lancet 22 Jan. 88/1 It is almost a relief to turn from the quasi-scientific jargon.
a1873 J. S. Mill Three Ess. Relig. (1874) 204 It is sometimes..wrapt up in a quasi-scientific language.
1970 G. E. Evans Where Beards wag All xx. 230 Many archaeologists appear purposefully to avoid the kind of folk-life material discussed here because they see in it some threat to their lately acquired quasi-scientific respectability.
1991 Music & Lett. 72 142 Rothstein is referring to the quasi-scientific jargon which makes some analytical writing all but impenetrable.
quasi-semi n. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈsɛmi/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈsɛmi/, /ˌkwɑziˈsɛˌmaɪ/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈsɛˌmaɪ/, /ˌkwɑsiˈsɛˌmaɪ/ British either of a pair of semi-detached houses joined only by a common wall in their garages; (also) the end house of a terrace.
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsɛmi/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsɛmi//ˌkwɑːzɪˈsɛmi//ˌkwɒzɪˈsɛmi/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈsɛˌmaɪ/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈsɛˌmaɪ//ˌkwɑziˈsɛˌmaɪ//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈsɛˌmaɪ//ˌkwɑsiˈsɛˌmaɪ/ΚΠ
1946 J. Summerson Georgian London xx. 264 Quasi-semi-detached houses.]
1974 P. Wright Lang. Brit. Industry xvii. 162 Quasi-semis, joined by their garages, certainly act as semis, though their Latin quasi sounds so foreign to English speech.
1979 W. Lancs. Evening Gaz. 23 Feb. 17 (advt.) Quasi semi conveniently situated to all schools.
quasi-social adj. /ˌkwɑːzɪˈsəʊʃl/, /ˌkwɒzɪˈsəʊʃl/, /ˌkwɑziˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/, /ˌkwɑsiˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/ (of an activity or relationship) having some but not all of the features that would identify it as genuinely social; having a social aspect but with some other purpose or motivation; Zoology (esp. with reference to insects and spiders) exhibiting some of the characteristics of social organization (social adj. 6b), esp. cooperative brood care.
Brit. /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsəʊʃl/
, /ˌkweɪzʌɪˈsəʊʃl//ˌkwɑːzɪˈsəʊʃl//ˌkwɒzɪˈsəʊʃl/U.S. /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/
, /ˌkweɪˌzaɪˈsoʊʃ(ə)l//ˌkwɑziˈsoʊʃ(ə)l//ˌkweɪˌsaɪˈsoʊʃ(ə)l//ˌkwɑsiˈsoʊʃ(ə)l/ΚΠ
1873 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 316 It became needful to search for the circumstances which begot in the progenitors of mankind the capacity for a kind of social combination more definite in the character of its relationships than that quasi-social combination, not uncommon among mammals, which is known as gregariousness.
1885 A. Forbes Souvenirs of Continents 247 A turbulent..sea of political..quasi-social life.
1928 W. M. Wheeler Social Insects i. 13 The insects..which are more interesting for our purposes may be called ‘quasi-’ or ‘subsocial’.
1939 Rural Sociol. Mar. 463 Hobbies..are only quasi-social, but they are similar to social activities in their contrast to work.
1983 Amer. Naturalist 122 819 By the time of the emergence of quasisocial colonies the stage is set for the evolution of a reproductive division of labor in which some wasps normally forego reproduction to aid nestmates (semisociality).
2004 D. J. Atkin et al. in M. B. Salwen et al. Online News & Public xiii. 308 Lin used the term quasisocial interaction to describe the social interaction activity taking place in these online chat groups (i.e., a two-way communication under an artificial and pseudo-social setting).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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