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Wiktionary

  1. quasi-prefix

    Similar to, but not exactly the same as; virtual(ly).

  2. Etymology: From quasi, from quam (interrogative adverb) + si (conditional particle).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of quasi- in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of quasi- in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of quasi- in a Sentence

  1. Piara Powar:

    In Spain, this structure has been allowed to develop over the years and it hasn’t been challenged, you often have an individual judge, who is linked to a local authority or a regional authority, who then sits as a quasi-judicial figure instead of a disciplinary committee or regulatory commission, which is what happens in other countries. Vinicius Junior was racially by Barcelona fans during a match against Barcelona on October 24, 2021. David Ramos/Getty Images.

  2. Thierry Baudet:

    Legal scholars call it quasi membership.

  3. Naomi Kahn:

    The Palestinian Authority and Palestinian Authority supporters have proven willing, even eager, to destroy the physical remains of thousands of years of Judeo-Christian culture in an attempt to make way for a fictitious quasi-historical narrative that supports their political agenda.

  4. Murray N. Rothbard:

    It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability nor for the exercise of loving care; government was built for the use of force and for necessarily demagogic appeals for votes. If individuals do not know their own interests in many cases, they are free to turn to private experts for guidance. It is absurd to say that they will be served better by a coercive, demagogic apparatus.

  5. Daniel J. Boorstin:

    In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid virtues who can be admired for something more substantial than his well-knownness often proves to be the unsung hero: the teacher, the nurse, the mother, the honest cop, the hard worker at lonely, underpaid, unglamorous, unpublicized jobs.


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