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A ludicrous imitation, usually for comic effect but sometimes for ridicule, of the style and content of another work. The humor depends upon the reader's familiarity with the original.
Retorična figura, ki na komičen način posnema ali zasmehuje sloga in/ali vsebino nekega dela. Humor je odvisen od bralčevega poznavanja izvirnika.
Family structure containing only two generationsöparents and children.
Družinska struktura, ki sestoji samo iz dveh generacij, to je, staršev ter njihovih otrok.
Large worship centers affiliated only loosely, if at all, with existing denominations. Average attendance per weekend must exceed 2,000 to be considered a megachurch.
Veliki centri namenjeni bogoslužju, ki so z obstoječimi verskimi skupnostmi povezani zgolj ohlapno oziroma sploh niso povezani. Pod kategorijo mega cerkve spadajo tiste cerkve, katero med vikendi obišče več kot 2000 vernikov.
A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations.
Funkcionalistična teorija, ki predpostavlja, da bosta procesa modernizacije ter razvoja postopoma izboljšala življenjsko raven prebivalcev perifernih držav.
The ironic or humorous use of words in a sense not in accord with their literal meaning, as in "a giant of three feet four inches."
Ironična ali šaljiva uporaba besed v smislu, ki niso v skladu s svojim dobesednim pomenom, kot na primer "velikan treh metrov in štirih palcev."
Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.
Organizirane skupinske dejavnosti, ki se zavzemajo za avtonomijo ter samodeterminacijo ter za izboljšanje kvalitete življenja.
A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.
Družba, ki je za proizvajanje sebi potrebnih ekonomskih dobrin ter storitev odvisna od mehanizacije.
A figure of speech in which a thought is balanced with a contrasting thought in parallel arrangements of words and phrases.
Retorična figura, ki neko misel oziroma izjavo uravnotežuje s kontrastno mislijo oziroma izjavo v vzporednih besedah in frazah.
A play on words in which the same word is used in different senses or words similar in sound are used in opposition to each other for a rhetorical contrast; a pun. For an example, see Well-Versed.
Z drugim izrazom besedna igra, nastane kadar se ista beseda uporablja v različnih pomenih ali kadar se podobno zveneče besede uporabljajo v retoričnem kontrastu, vendar z različnim pomenom.
The Greek word for 'headless', applied to a metrical verse line that lacks the first syllable expected according to regular metre.
Grška beseda za "brezglav", ki se nanaša na pesniški verza, kateremu manjka prvi zlog, katerega bi sicer po pravilih stopice moral imeti.