| NOUN | act | adherence, attachment, adhesion | faithful support for a cause or political party or religion |
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| attribute | adherence, adhesiveness, adhesion, bond | the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition |
| Sounds | ahdhhih'rahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | Faithful support for a cause or political party or religion. | |
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| Example | "adherence to a fat-free diet" | |
| Synonyms | attachment, adhesion | |
| Narrower | ecclesiasticism | excessive adherence to ecclesiastical forms and activities |
| kabbalism, cabalism | adherence to some extreme traditional theological concept or interpretation | |
| royalism | adherence or attachment to a monarchy or to the principle of monarchal government | |
| traditionalism | adherence to tradition (especially in cultural / cultural or religious matters) | |
| Broader | support | Aiding the cause or policy or interests of |
| Spanish | adhesión | |
| Catalan | adherència | |
| Meaning | The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition. | |
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| Synonyms | adhesiveness, adhesion, bond | |
| Broader | stickiness | The property of sticking / sticking to a surface |
| Spanish | adherencia, adhesión, adhesividad | |
| Catalan | adherència, adhesió | |
| Adjectives | adherent | sticking / sticking fast |
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