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plastic

Pronunciation: /ˈplæstɪk/

The English word “plastic” has 18 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
  2. Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
  3. Insincerity; fakeness.
  4. A person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population; a narcissistic, affected person.
  5. An instance of plastic surgery.
  6. A sculptor, moulder.
  7. Any solid but malleable substance.
  8. Synonym of Plastic Paddy.

adjective

  1. Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.
  2. Producing tissue.
  3. Creative, formative.
  4. Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.
  5. Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
  6. Made of plastic.
  7. Inferior or not the real thing.
  8. Fake, insincere, especially in a shallow and conformist way pretending to smoothness and glossy flawlessness.
  9. Escaped from captivity, rather than wild.
  10. Introduced, rather than native or naturally vagrant.

Etymology

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique.

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