What nouns can be used to mean someone who is angrily inciting hatred in a public area against innocent people? I'm imagining a person who might stand on a raised platform in a town square addressing a large audience. The kind of bigot who might blame a poor harvest on an innocent for a ridiculous reason. Eg. "She has a hooked nose and must, therefore, be a witch who consorts with the devil." Or "He's a hunchback, so he must have angered the gods in a previous life, and now we're paying the price!"  This is to describe a character in a piece of creative writing. "Benjamin was a (insert word)."
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Some people love creating or fostering the creation of events that are noisy, chaotic and fun, such as parties, arguments, reunions, etc. Sometimes there's a negative connotation to this (like in provoking an argument), but sometimes there is not (like in organising a big, noisy party).  The word I'm looking for would be the English equivalent to the Spanish armadanzas, just in case this is helpful.  Any ideas?
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We know “misogynist” is the word that we use for "a man who hates women”.   Do we have any single word for “a woman who hates men”?
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What is the term for using an adjective in the place of a noun?  It seems to come up a lot in fantasy fiction, generally used as a proper noun to describe a group ("the Twisted", "the Hunted"), but it also comes up in everyday use ("the mentally ill").
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I recently read somewhere a single word that described a person who enjoyed an argument - in the sense of a lively debate. It may have been a word implying a positive or neutral context but I don't think it was negative or derogatory.  A complex word (uncommon in colloquial use), medium length (7-8 letters), possibly ending in -ic. One or more of these points may be a false memory.  Any ideas?
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I'm trying to say:       He probably gained some __________ [good notoriety] from this picture.   I was thinking publicity, but that connotes some kind of negative to me as well (like the stuff you see in gossip magazines at the checkout line).  I want a word as powerfully positive as notoriety is powerfully negative.
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I'm searching for a word representing "Negatively surprising", or "Negatively amused" in an appropriate form. Example: Someone who proclaims he aims to do things in the right way has done something in the completely opposite way.    How could you have done such a thing? That action is very ___.   Said with the purpose of showing the contrast between the expected and the actual, and asking for change to adhere with his set goals, instead of just pointing out disappointment.  It is different from  because it asks there about surprise of being affected by the disappointment. The meaning of surprise here is different.
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I'm looking for a noun from English folklore.  It should describe a place where unusual, mysterious, possibly magical, occurrences happen.  The locals shun and avoid this place. Its influence might be beneficial sometimes, but it's unpredictable - only the desperate, mad, or naive would seek it.  I suppose archaisms and obscure words should be fine.  I need it for a translation of a fantasy game.  The Polish noun I'm looking to translate is "uroczysko" - in case some of the answerers know Polish.  The sites in question aren't one-of-a-kind so unique names starting with capital letters, like Shangri-La or Xanadu, won't do.
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Take the following statement:     I hate the ease with which X makes disparaging remarks about their rivals without the least concern as to whether they are truthful or fair.   Now I would like a word expressing this lack of concern, so that I could just plug it in the blank below and keep the meaning of the sentence above:     I hate the _________ with which X makes disparaging remarks about their rivals.   This is an all too common attitude and I think it deserves a name of its own. The word that came to my mind was levity, but I haven’t come across this word very often and I’m not sure of its particular tones and shades of meaning.      Simple definition   : a lack of seriousness   : an amusing quality   Full definition   1 : excessive or unseemly frivolity   2 : lack of steadiness: changeableness     The attitude I’m trying to name certainly displays lack of seriousness as to the truthfulness and fairness of the remarks, but I do not want to imply they are made in jest or that X is being silly or thoughtless. X could be very serious about their aims: “I’m going to say this; don’t give a dam whether that’s true or not; even if it’s not true I’ll get away with it.” This excludes, I think, all the words Merriam-Webster lists as related to levity, which probably means it excludes levity too:     facetiousness, flightiness, flippancy, frivolousness, frothiness, frivolity, light-headedness, light-mindedness, lightness, silliness   So I’ll accept an answer that despite my reservations shows that one of these words is indeed the one that works best in the sentence above; or gives a more fitting word; or shows that no word really fits (I am of course aware of the difficulties of proving a negative).  I prefer a single word but I’m willing to trade singleness for meaning: so I would take a short phrase it fits better than any single word.  Update  I’m spoilt for choice. But I wonder whether the various suggestions implying lack of concern would in my sentence imply lack of concern specifically for truth, which is what I’m after, or could instead be interpreted as lack of regard for norms of polite behaviour, rival’s feelings, or consequences (say, libel lawsuits, rivals reacting with violence, people feeling encouraged to attack the rivals, etc.)  Tweak the example sentence if it helps (say, I hate the ____ of X’s remarks).
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What is a single word to describe someone who is quick to hate others?   With anger we can say quick-tempered, but what about quick in hating other people/easily hates others.   Hateful means full of hate, but doesn't really give the meaning of being quick to hate people.
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I know there's a word for "like-minded" people, generally used in a negative context.  For example, you could say employees of the CIA are __, in that they all want to ensure the security of the nation, whatever the price/cost.  I think it starts with a "c", it's on the tip of my tongue and I can't think of it.  Any ideas?  Just editing this a bit.  Thanks everyone for your responses.  It may not start with a "c" but the word "cadre" is close to what I'm looking for, but once again with a potentially more negative association.
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I keep wanting to say "the handwriting on the wall," but that's not correct. The place I'm trying to use it is, "Alice likes Bob, Carol likes Bob, Alice thinks Bob likes her, but Bob dates Carol, and so as anyone can see, Bob did not like Alice."  What is the appropriate idiom here?
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I've encountered this strange and rather odd (to me) usage of the preposition 'against', which I quite can't grasp as of now. I've tried to look it up in several dictionaries to no avail.
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For example, therapist may be split into the + rapist, neither of which (arguably) has anything to do with the original words.  Another example would be conflagration: con + flag + ration. Or weather: we + at + her.  Note that words like threesome and purebred would not qualify, because the parts are intentional and contribute to the original word's meaning.  It seems to me there might be a word for this, which I would describe as "accidental lexical componentry" — but I'm not sure there is one. And if I do think of one I will be sure to add a supplemental (supple + mental) section (sect + ion) to this question (quest + ion).
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I know what this word really means but I cannot help to think that ignorant also means he ignores his surrounding or the consequences of his actions. "He was ignorant, unwilling to warn the police about what has been happening next door for years” for example. Can anyone tell me the word I am looking for? Or is it too broad to find a suitable adjective?
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Is there a term that is similar to sexist or racist but refers to gay people? "Homophobic" comes to mind, but that's more a fear or disgust of homosexuals versus discrimination based solely on sexual orientation.  To be specific, I'm looking for an -ist/-ism word, but I'm not sure if one exists.
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I'm writing a mildly dystopian scenario where competition is taken to vicious extremes, and I was wondering if there was a word that I could use (specifically a noun that was a synonym of "competition") to describe the sort of vicious, cutthroat ... _________ (the word that I want) that was going on.  I'm specifically looking for a word that doesn't refer to a one-off event (like "contest" or "tug-of-war"), but rather is more about the state of things.
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I am trying to think of a word used to describe someone who is intentionally oversimplifying an argument by making a statement that is technically true, but ignores a lot of issues. Its an adjective similar to describing the person as being intentionally obtuse or too clever for their own good.