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imposition

noun
/ˌɪm.pəˈzɪʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English imposicioun, from Old French imposicion, from Latin impositio.

  1. derived from imposicion
  2. inherited from imposicioun

Definitions

  1. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.

  2. An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation.

    • He expunges his own anguish at his diagnosis with HIV and the impositions that have claimed his freedom.

  3. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A trick or deception put or laid on others.

    2. Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages…

      Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.

    3. A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony

      A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.

    4. A task imposed on a student as punishment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at imposition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at imposition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at imposition

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA