Hitler vs Fun - What's the difference?
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A surname of Austrian origin.
, dictator of Germany between 1933 and 1945.
* {{quote-book, year=1964, author=David Hugh Freeman, title=A Philosophical Study of Religion
, passage=The question makes no sense, unless the questioner is satisfied with such answers as: Death is evil, pain is evil, Hitler is evil.
* {{quote-book, year=1977, title=Providence and Evil, author=Peter Thomas Geach
, passage=Similarly, the description we give of God’s knowledge concerning Hitler' has to be different after '''Hitler'''’s death; it is manifest that there has been a change on ' Hitler ’s side, and that this, in view of the logic of omniscience, makes a difference to what we can truly say about God’s knowledge; ...
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* {{quote-book, year=2007, title=The God Delusion, author=Richard Dawkins
, passage=People do evil things (Hitler , Stalin, Saddam Hussein).
(derogatory) An unnecessarily dictatorial person.
* {{quote-book, year=1986, author=William Borman, title=Gandhi and Non-Violence
, passage=How does he support his position against the prima facie case in favor of the strongly counterintuitive claim that non-violence would necessarily defeat a Hitler ?}}
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(informal) enjoyable, amusing
(informal) whimsical, flamboyant
amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
* 2000 , Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6 , Alpha Books, page 377
playful, often noisy, activity.
(colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
As a proper noun hitler
is a surname of austrian origin.As a noun hitler
is (derogatory) an unnecessarily dictatorial person.As a verb fun is
give.As a preposition fun is
for, on behalf of.hitler
English
(Adolf Hitler)Proper noun
(en proper noun)citation
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Derived terms
* Hitlerian * Hitlerish * Hitlerism * HitleriteNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
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fun
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- We had a fun time at the party.
- He is such a fun person to be with.
- This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.
Usage notes
* Note that the use of fun as an adjective is often considered unacceptable in formal contexts. For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, seethis discussion
Derived terms
* funnyNoun
(-)- Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
Synonyms
* amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure * boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumbleDerived terms
* for the fun of it * fun and games * fun bags * funfair * funfest * fun-loving * fun-maker * funny * fun run, fun runner, fun running * funster * good fun * great fun * have fun * have fun with * in fun * like fun * make fun of * poke fun atVerb
- Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.