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  • Deaf — (d[e^]f or d[=e]f; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. de[ a]f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d[ o]v, Sw. d[ o]f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Deaf history — For medical related history of the auditory organ, see Hearing impairment#History. The history of deaf people and its culture makes up a bunch of deaf history. The deaf culture is an ethnocentric culture that is centered around signed language… …   Wikipedia

  • deaf — Synonyms and related words: authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind, borne, bullheaded, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf and dumb, deaf to reason, deaf eared, deaf mute, deafened, dogmatic, dull eared, earless, fanatical, hard of… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • deaf — adjective Etymology: Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf; akin to Greek typhlos blind, typhein to smoke, Latin fumus smoke more at fume Date: before 12th century 1. lacking or deficient in the sense of hearing 2. unwilling to hear or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Deaf culture — describes the social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values and shared institutions of communities that are affected by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as a cultural label …   Wikipedia

  • Deaf People in Hitler's Europe — is a non fiction book that is written by Donna F. Ryan and John S. Schuchman. Summary The Nazi compaign against the handicapped began on July 14, 1933. It started because of Reichstag of the Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary… …   Wikipedia

  • Surd — Surd, a. [L. surdus deaf (whence the meaning, deaf to reason, irrational), perhaps akin to E. swart. Cf. {Sordine}.] 1. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. [Obs.] A surd . . . generation. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. Unheard. [Obs.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • authoritarian — Synonyms and related words: Spartan, Spartanic, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, ascendant, astringent, austere, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, autonomous, bigot, bigoted, borne, bossy, bureaucratic,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bigoted — Synonyms and related words: Sabbatarian, authoritarian, balking, balky, biased, bigot, borne, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case hardened, closed, conceited, conservative, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • closed — Synonyms and related words: arcane, authoritarian, beyond reach, bigot, bigoted, blank, blind, blind alley, borne, cabalistic, cecal, censored, choked, choked off, classified, close, closed forever to, closed to, concealed, constricted,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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