Soyut Kavramlar 4 · C2 – Ustalık
| İngilizce | Türkçe | Tanım ve örnek |
|---|---|---|
| minefield | mayın tarlası; tehlikeli durum | an area with hidden bombs, or a situation full of problems Tax law is a minefield. |
| ephemera | kısa ömürlü eşyalar | things that last a short time, like old tickets He collects old ephemera. |
| floodgates | bent kapakları | gates that control water; used to mean a sudden flow The decision opened the floodgates to complaints. |
| happenstance | tesadüf | chance We met by happenstance. |
| malleability | şekil verilebilirlik | the ability to be shaped Gold is valued for its malleability. |
| solipsism | tekbencilik | the belief that only oneself exists His solipsism made him selfish. |
| enabler | kolaylaştırıcı; göz yuman | a person who makes something possible, often something bad She was an enabler of his drinking. |
| angularity | köşelilik | the quality of having sharp angles The angularity of the building is striking. |
| preconception | önyargı | an opinion formed before knowing the facts Leave your preconceptions behind. |
| retrospection | geçmişe bakış | thinking about the past In retrospection, I made mistakes. |
| irrelevancy | ilgisizlik | something not related to the subject His comments were an irrelevancy. |
| glitz | şatafat | showy glamour I don't like the glitz of Hollywood. |
| demystification | anlaşılır kılma | the act of making something easier to understand The demystification of science is important. |
| drabness | renksizlik, tekdüzelik | dullness The drabness of the city depressed her. |
| brouhaha | yaygara | a noisy fuss There was a brouhaha about the new law. |
| ephemerality | geçicilik | the quality of lasting a short time The ephemerality of fame. |
| inexorability | kaçınılmazlık | the quality of being impossible to stop The inexorability of time. |
| unobtrusiveness | göze batmama | the quality of not attracting attention The waiter's unobtrusiveness was appreciated. |
| mundanity | sıradanlık | ordinariness The mundanity of daily life bored him. |
| materialization/materialisation | gerçekleşme | the act of becoming real The materialization of the plan took years. |
| porten | alamet, işaret | a sign of a future event (rare form of "portent") The storm was a porten of trouble. |
| utilization/utilisation | kullanım | the act of using something Better utilization of resources is needed. |