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Technocracy (N) -
1. The computer geniuses started up a technocracy in the country to gain power.
2. The coders had the goal of building up a technocracy in their country.

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Technocracy (N) - the government or control of society or industry by an elite of technical experts

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Telepathic (ADJ) -
1. We are a team of telepathic superheros who can read each other’s thoughts.
2. You will have to explain - I’m not telepathic.

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Telepathic (ADJ) - supposedly capable of transmitting thoughts to other people and of knowing their thoughts; psychic

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Thermodynamics (N) -
1. I have been developing new methods for studying the thermodynamics of systems.
2. We develop a novel model using the thermodynamics of the processes involved.

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Thermodynamics (N) - the branch of physical science that deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy

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Brevity (N) -
1. The need for brevity made the girl pack a great deal into very little words.
2. But in the interest of brevity I now leave this short summary as it is.

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Brevity (N) - concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

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