Coming Together for Racial Understanding: Training Guide

use of pet names, diminutives, baby talk, or terms of endearment. "Comfy" instead of "comfortable." hyponym . a word that is more specific than a given word. See also: hypernym. hypophora . asking a question, often one it is anticipated readers or listeners will have, and subsequently answering it. See also: procatalepsis. hypostatize ................
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