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influence | anglodom |

As a verb influence

is .

As an adjective influence

is influenced.

As a noun anglodom is

the realm, sphere, or influence of english or anglo-american language or culture.

influence

English

(wikipedia influence)

Noun

  • The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development of fluctuating things such as conduct, thoughts or decisions.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
  • An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
  • A person or thing exerting such power or action.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}
  • (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the position of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth.
  • (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
  • * Hooker
    • God hath his influence into the very essence of all things.
  • (electricity) Electrostatic induction.

    • Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "influence": cultural, political, social, economic, military, personal, moral, intellectual, mental, good, bad, positive, negative, beneficial, harmful, huge, big, heavy, significant, important, potential, actual, primary.

    Related terms

    * inflood * inflow * influencer * influent * influential, influentially * social influence * sphere of influence * under the influence

    Verb

    (influenc)
  • To affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to persuade or induce.
    • The politician wants to influence the public.
    I must admit that this book influenced my outlook on life.
  • To exert, make use of one's influence.
  • (obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

    • Derived terms

    * influenceable * influencer * influencive

    Related terms

    * influent * influential * influenza, flu

    Statistics

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    anglodom

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (-)
  • The realm, sphere, or influence of English or Anglo-American language or culture.
  • * 1902 , William Cowper Conant, Salvation :
    • [...] to the less congenial soil of Scotland, New and Old England, and is still nourished in spiritual hothouses, in forms at once captivating and perplexing to the practical pious mind of Anglodom .
  • * 1910 , Lafcadio Hearn, Elizabeth Bisland, The Japanese letters of Lafcadio Hearn :
    • Our civilization, with all its aspirations, is industrial and commercial — and there is no morality in that competition worth priding ourselves upon. It isn't Yankeedom more than it is Anglodom .
  • * 1987 , Adelaide M. Cromwell, Dynamics of the African/Afro-American connection :
    • [...] and where English-speaking Africans will wage the liberation struggle, the primacy of "anglodom " in the African world is likely to continue in the future.