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nemesis

[ nem-uh-sis ]

noun

plural nemeses
  1. something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:

    The performance test proved to be my nemesis.

    Synonyms:

  2. an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome.
  3. (initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. the goddess of divine retribution.
  4. an agent or act of retribution or punishment.

    Synonyms: , , ,



Nemesis

/ 藞苍蓻尘瑟蝉瑟蝉 /

noun

  1. Greek myth the goddess of retribution and vengeance
  2. sometimes not capital any agency of retribution and vengeance
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Nemesis

  1. In classical mythology , the Greek goddess of vengeance.
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Notes

By extension, a 鈥渘emesis鈥 is an avenger. One's nemesis is that which will bring on one's destruction or downfall.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nemesis1

< Latin < Greek 苍茅尘别蝉颈蝉 literally, a dealing out, verbid of 苍茅尘别颈苍 to dispense (justice); -sis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of nemesis1

C16: via Latin from Greek: righteous wrath, from 苍茅尘别颈苍 to distribute what is due
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There鈥檚 real love there, even among the people who are onscreen nemeses, mortal enemies.

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US President Donald Trump has some well-known nemeses: illegal immigrants, low-flow showers and last, but definitely not least, the head of the US central bank.

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On California鈥檚 North Coast, where other urchin nemeses 鈥 like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead 鈥 are lacking, 96% of the region鈥檚 kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.

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"It is literally his nemesis, It brings out the worst golf in Rory annually."

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While historically they were aimed at combating a foreign enemy and were government-led, their modern-day equivalents are grassroots and target a domestic nemesis: government dysfunction and the breakdown of the food supply system.

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