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substance
Found in thesaurus: physical entity, component part, part, portion, component, mental object, cognitive content, content, thought, idea, capital, communication
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substance
n.
material, matter; essence, meaning, content; reality; body, consistency; wealth
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SubStance
SubStance: A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1971 and is published by the University of Wisconsin Press. It covers work on literature and culture, with an emphasis on French literature. The editors-in-chief are Sydney Lévy (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Michel Pierssens (Université de Montréal).
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Substance
Substance may refer to:
- Chemical substance, a material with a definite chemical composition
- Drug substance
- Substance abuse, drug-related healthcare and social policy diagnosis or label
- Substance dependence, drug-related healthcare and social policy diagnosis or label
- Matter, anything that has mass and takes up space
- Substance theory, theory positing that a substance is distinct from its properties
- Substance (Joy Division album), 1988
- Substance (Blank & Jones album), 2002
- Substance 1987, a New Order album
- "Substance", a song by Haste the Day from That They May Know You
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, an update of the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- Homoousian, a Christian term meaning "same substance"
- SubStance, an interdisciplinary journal published through the University of Wisconsin Press
- Dravya (Jainism), a term used in Jain texts to refer a substance
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substance
Noun
1. that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"
(synonym) matter
(hypernym) entity
(hyponym) food, nutrient
2. the stuff of which an object consists
(hypernym) part, portion, component part, component
3. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
(synonym) kernel, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
(hypernym) content, cognitive content, mental object
(hyponym) bare bones
4. the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
(synonym) meaning
(hypernym) idea, thought
(hyponym) significance, import, implication
5. considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"
(synonym) means
(hypernym) capital
(hyponym) pocketbook
6. what a communication that is about something is about
(synonym) message, content, subject matter
(hypernym) communication
(hyponym) body
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substance
nf.
substance, material; matter, stuff
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substance
n.
látka; materiál; opodstatnění; podstata
