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Dead Hand
see synonyms of dead handNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Dead Hand
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1.
an oppressive or discouraging influence or factor
the dead hand of centralized control
2. law a less common word for mortmain
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Dead Hand
see synonyms of dead hand mortmain
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Dead Hand
see synonyms of dead handn.
1. The ever-present, oppressive influence of past events: "Psychotherapy explores the ways in which the past has shaped people, and how its dead hand continues to deform their lives" (James S. Gordon).
2. Mortmain.
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