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Definitions: Harassment |
HarassmentNoun1. A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors". 2. Tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "harassment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Synonyms: HarassmentSynonyms: molestation (n), torment (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Because the term is defined by law, and law varies by jurisdiction, it is difficult to provide any exact definition that is accepted everywhere. In some cultures, for instance, simply stating a political opinion can be seen as unwarranted and a deliberate attempt to intimidate - in a totalitarian society any such statement could be interpreted as an attempt to involve someone in rebel activity or implicate them in same, with the implication that if they refuse, they are putting their own life in danger. More usually, some label such as "anti-social" or related to treason is used to label such behaviour - it being treated as an offense against the state not the person. This resembles the use of psychiatry to imprison dissidents which is common in many countries. Another example is that under some versions of Islamic Law merely insulting Islam is considered to be a harassment of all believers, and in Japan insulting any faith is usually considered taboo, and has legal sanctions. There are also extreme and self-serving definitions employed by anti-defamation groups, and also more mainstream groups like NOW. Because of these variations, there is no way even within one society to provide a truly neutral definition of harassment.
However, broad categories of harassment often recognized in law include:
See also: verbal abuse, psychological abuse, psychological warfare
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Harassment."
Crosswords: Harassment |
| English words defined with "harassment": baiting ♦ Disquietment ♦ guerilla, guerrilla ♦ Insectation, insurgent, irregular ♦ sexual harassment ♦ torment. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "harassment": Disquietment. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Sexual harassment is not about sex. It is about power. (Disclosure; writing credit: Paul Attanasio) Mrs. Simpson, your sexual harassment suit is exactly what I need to help rebuild my shattered practice. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) It's a hard hitting look at sexual harassment in the workplace. (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) When I told you to pick a company to investigate sexual harassment, I didn't mean this one. (Lou Grant; writing credit: Gary David Goldberg; Allan Burns) You know, this kind of behaviour could qualify as sexual harassment. (GoldenEye; writing credit: Ian Fleming; Michael France) | |
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Business | Reporters were subjected to surveillance and, on occasion, harassment. (references) | |
Many leaders of unauthorized groups were targets of harassment, interrogations, and detention. (references) | ||
Scientologists continued to report discrimination, alleging both government-condoned and societal harassment. (references) | ||
Children | Botswana | The problem of sexual harassment of students by teachers is a national concern. (references) |
Congo | Street children in Kinshasa were subject to severe harassment and exploitation, particularly by soldiers and police. (references) | |
India | The NHRC continues to receive complaints relating to harassment, intolerance, and discrimination against the disabled. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | East Timor | Some Muslim groups at times were victims of harassment. (references) |
Lebanon | There have been few incidents of harassment of returned deportees. (references) | |
Mozambique | Local media portrayed the incident as evidence of official harassment. (references) | |
Discrimination | Hong Kong | Three pieces of antidiscrimination legislation--the Sex Discrimination Ordinance, the Disability Discrimination Ordinance, and the Family Status Discrimination Ordinance--have made it illegal for any person or entity (public or private) to discriminate against anyone on the grounds of sex, marital status, pregnancy, disability, or family status, and prohibits behavior such as sexual harassment, harassment or vilification on the grounds of disability, and discriminatory advertising. (references) |
Economic History | Romania | In some cases, demands for payoffs by mid- to low-level officials can reach the point of harassment. (references) |
Armenia | Nontraditional churches, especially the Jehovah's Witnesses, have been subjected to harassment, sometimes violently. (references) | |
Human Rights | Romania | Gays and lesbians continued to face police harassment. (references) |
China | Dissidents have reported harassment by the authorities. (references) | |
Macedonia | After further questioning and harassment, police released all without charges. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Australia | Indigenous groups charge that police harassment of indigenous people, including juveniles, is pervasive and that racial discrimination among police and prison custodians persists. (references) |
Canada | Disputes over land claims, self-government, treaty rights, taxation, duty-free imports, fishing and hunting rights, and alleged harassment by police continued to be sources of tension on reserves. (references) | |
Namibia | Reports from the NSHR and in the press claim that civilians from the Mafwe and Kxoe San ethnic groups were targeted for harassment during the police campaign against Caprivi separatists in 1998 and continued during the year. (references) | |
Minorities | Canada | There were a number of reports of harassment of religious minorities. (references) |
Ukraine | The frequent harassment of racial minorities is an increasing problem. (references) | |
India | Since 1998 there has been increased harassment of Christian aid workers. (references) | |
Political Economy | Kazakhstan | The political opposition is weak and subject to government harassment. (references) |
Honduras | Individual members of the news media suffered various forms of harassment. (references) | |
Ukraine | Police abuse and harassment of racial minorities was a continuing problem. (references) | |
Political Rights | Tajikistan | The leadership of certain opposition parties reported threats and harassment by the authorities in their workplaces. (references) |
Djibouti | Government harassment of opposition leaders continued to be a problem; however, the number of incidents reportedly decreased during the year. (references) | |
Ukraine | While in the past a number of mayors reported harassment by law enforcement and other authorities, there were no such reports during the year. (references) | |
Trade | Panama | If fully implemented, this could mean the end of the harassment of agricultural imports although the higher duty structure is only likely to be reduced slowly in accordance with the WTO accession agreement. (references) |
Travel | Egypt | Unescorted women are vulnerable to sexual harassment and verbal abuse. (references) |
Nepal | Instances of harassment range in severity from verbal abuse to physical assault. (references) | |
Women | Nigeria | Rape and sexual harassment continued to be problems. (references) |
Chad | Rape, prostitution, and sexual harassment were all problems. (references) | |
Spain | Police received 364 sexual harassment complaints during the year. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guinea | Union activities in Conakry face less harassment and interference. (references) |
Cuba | Those who attempted to engage in unofficial union activities faced government harassment. (references) | |
Honduras | Cases of firings and harassment serve to discourage workers elsewhere from attempting to organize. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Harassment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.66% of the time. "Harassment" is used about 593 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.66% | 591 | 10,755 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 593 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "harassment": sex harassment ♦ sexual harassment. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "harassment": anti-harassment. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sexual harassment | 1,118 |
harassment | 485 |
workplace harassment | 163 |
harassment in the workplace | 93 |
creditor harassment | 66 |
harassment training | 50 |
article on sexual harassment | 39 |
harassment policy | 29 |
harassment at work | 28 |
harassment on the job | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "harassment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shqetësim (affliction, agitation, anxiety, bother, care, concern, discomfort, discomposure, displeasure, disquiet, disquietude, distemper, distress, disturbance, fash, fear, feeling, fidget, flurry, fret, Fry, inconvenience, inquietude, moil, perturbation, plague, preoccupation, qualm, restlessness, solicitude, trepidation, trouble, tumult, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest, vexation, worry), ngacmim (banter, bothering, chaff, dig, excitation, excitement, impulse, irritation, jesting, molestation, nagging, provocation, raillery, rally, rub, teasing), lodhje (emaciation, fatigue, lassitude, strain, straining, tiredness, Tucker, weakening, weariness). (various references) | |
Arabic | مضايقة (annoyance, bothering, discomfort, harassing, irritation, molestation, nuisance, teasing, vexation), إزعاج (annoyance, annoying, bother, botheration, discomfort, disquiet, disruption, disturbance, harassing, importunity, inconvenience, loudness, mischievousness, molestation, movement, nuisance, offence, patter, trouble). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | обърканост (blankness, complexity, confusion, distraction, fluster, fog, indigestion, involution, maze, muddle, puzzle, puzzlement), безпокойство (alarm, anxiety, bother, care, concernment, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, inconvenience, inquietude, malaise, plague, qualm, ruffle, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, upset, whim-wham, worriment, worrit, worry), безпокоене (molestation), измъчване (excruciation, harassing, laceration, martyrdom), дразнене (jar, provocation, rasp, vexation). (various references) | |
Chinese | 骚扰 (Ado, infest, infested, Infesting). (various references) | |
Czech | znepokojování (perturbation), trápení (care, misery, plague, suffering, torment, torture, trouble, vexation, worry), pronásledování (persecution, pursuit, victimization), obtìžování (imposition, intrusion, molestation). (various references) | |
Danish | seksuel chikane (sexual harassment), racistisk chikane (racial harassment). (various references) | |
Dutch | sexuele intimidatie (sexual harassment), seksuele intimidatie (sexual harassment), raciale pesterijen (racial harassment), ongewenste intimiteiten (sexual harassment). (various references) | |
Finnish | sukupuolinen häirintä/ sukupuolinen ahdistelu (sexual harassment). (various references) | |
French | harcèlement (harassing). (various references) | |
German | schikane (baffle, baffle wall, bullying, chicane, chicanery, persecution), beunruhigung (agitation, alarm, concern, disconcerting, disquiet, disturbance, perturbation). (various references) | |
Greek | στενοχώρια (inconvenience, perplexity, pinch, straits, tryingness, worry), βασάνιση, ενόχληση (annoyance, bother, disturbance, failure, hassle, importunity, inconvenience, infestation, moil, molestation, nuisance, operating trouble, peeve, trouble, vexation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "טר"" (annoyance, bother, harassing, nuisance), טרטור (blast, hum, noise, rattle). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zaklatás (annoyance, bother, molestation, persecution, vexation), bosszantás (aggravation, infliction, vexation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pelecehan, gangguan (bother, derangement, disruption, disturbance, hindrance, interruption, irritation, nuisance, vexation). (various references) | |
Italian | molestia (molestation, nuisance, trouble), fastidio (ado, annoyance, anxiety, bother, nuisance, sorrow, trouble, vexation, worry). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 厭がらせ , 嫌がらせ (pestering). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | いやがらせ (pestering). (various references) | |
Korean | 폭 (Violence). (various references) | |
Manx | tranlaase (despotism, oppression, persecution, tyranny), boiraneys (annoyance, bluster, brawl, discord, disturbance, nonsense, tumult). (various references) | |
Norwegian | press, plage (harass, infest), overgrep (encroachment). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arassmenthay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vexar (ballyrag, discomposedly, humblebee, make vexatious, persecution, run hard), perseguição (chase, chasing, follow, persecution mania, pursuit, quest, tracking). (various references) | |
Romanian | hãrţuialã (brawl, squabble, wrangle), neplãcere (disgust, displeasure, inconvenience, nuisance, trouble, upset), grijã (alarm, anxiety, attention, care, carefulness, charge, chariness, conscientiousness, custody, deliberation, foresight, mindfulness, neatness, observance, painstaking, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, solicitude, thought, trouble, worriment, worry). (various references) | |
Russian | беспокойство (ado, Angst, anxiety, bother, botheration, discomfort, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, fidget, inconvenience, inquietude, restlessness, taking, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, uneasyness, unrest, worry). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uznemiravanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | hostigamiento, acoso (molestation, siege). (various references) | |
Swedish | trakasserier (pinpricks), oro (agitation, alarm, anxiety, apprehension, botheration, concern, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, flutter, inquietude, jimjams, nervousness, perturbation, qualm, solicitude, trepidation, trouble, unease, uneasiness, unrest, worriment, worry), ansättande (besetting). (various references) | |
Turkish | usandırma, sinirlendirme (exacerbation, irritation), sıkma (clasp, constriction, extrusion, gripping, pressing, squeeze, squeezing, wring), rahatsızlık (ailment, annoyance, complaint, discomfiture, discomfort, discomposure, disease, disquiet, distemper, disturbance, draft, dysphoria, embarrassment, fidget, ill, illness, inconvenience, indisposition, inquietude, malaise, nuisance, restlessness, seediness, trouble, uneasiness, unrest). (various references) | |
Ukranian | роздратуватння, занепоко"ння (concern, discomposure, fash, harass, qualm, restlessness, stew, uneasiness, worriment). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự quấy rầy (disturbance, importunity, interference, molestation, trouble), sự phiền nhiễu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "harassment": harassments. (additional references) | |
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"Harassment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arassment, haraassment, harasment, harassement, harasssment, haresment, harrasment, harrassment, harrassmment, harressment, hasrassment, herasment, herassment, herrassment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "harassment" (pronounced hera"smunt) |
| 5 | -s m u n t | advancement, announcement, assessment, basement, bemusement, commencement, debasement, disbursement, displacement, embarrassment, emplacement, endorsement, enforcement, enhancement, enticement, impressment, inducement, outplacement, placement, pronouncement, reassessment, reimbursement, reinforcement, replacement. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abandonment, abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjournment, adjustment, adornment, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, apportionment, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, assignment, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, battlement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, confinement, consignment, containment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endowment, engagement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, imprisonment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, informant, infotainment, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, internment, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, postponement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassignment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-m-n-r-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: earthman, hamsters, sarmenta, sarments, smartens, stramash, trashman, trashmen. | |
-3 letters: amasser, anthems, anthers, ashrams, asthmas, hamates, hamster, harness, hastens, hetmans, mantras, marshes, martens, mashers, masters, matrass, matsahs, ramenta, rashest, sarment, shamans, shmears, smarten, smasher, snathes, stamens, streams, thenars, trashes. | |
-4 letters: aments, anears, ansate, anthem, anther, antres, arenas, arhats, armets, ashman, ashmen, ashram, assent, assert, astern, asters, asthma, atmans, earths, hamate, hansas, hanses, harass, harems, hasten, hastes, haters, hearts, hetman, manats, manses, mantas, mantes, mantra, marses, marten, masers, masher, mashes, master, maters, matres, matsah, mensas, messan, namers, ramate, ramens, ramets, rashes, ratans, reatas, remans, sanest, sansar, sarans, sarsen, seaman, shaman, shamas, shames, shares, sharns, shears, shmear, smarts, smears, snares, snathe, snaths, stamen, stanes, stares, steams, sterna, sterns, stream, tamers, thanes, tharms, thenar, therms. | |
-5 letters: amahs, amass, amens, ament, anear, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antra, antre, areas, arena, arhat, armet, arses, ashen, ashes, asset, aster, atman, atmas, earns, earth, easts, etnas, haars, haems, haets, hames, hansa, hanse, hants, harem, hares, harms, harts, haste, hater, hates, hears, heart, heats, hents, herma, herms, herns, hests, maars, manas, manat, manes, manse, manta, mares, marse, marsh, marts, maser, massa, masse, masts, mater, mates, maths, means, meant, meats, mensa, menta, mesas, meths, namer, names, nares, nates, nears, neath, neats, nemas, nerts, nests, ramen, ramet, rants, rases, ratan, rates, rathe, reams, reata, reman, rents, rests, rheas, saner, sanes, saran, satem, sates, seams, sears, seats, sensa, shame, shams, share, sharn, shear, sheas, shent, smart, smash, smear, snare, snash, snath, stane, stare, stars, stash, steam, stems, stern, tahrs, tamer, tames, tares, tarns, tasse, teams, tears, terms, terns, thane, tharm, thens, therm, trams, trans, trash, trass, tress, tsars. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-m-n-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: harassments. | |
+3 letters: manslaughters, transhumances, watermanships. | |
+4 letters: amateurishness. | |
+5 letters: warmheartedness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 61 72 61 73 73 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... .- .-. .- ... ... -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H a r a s s m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0061 0072 0061 0073 0073 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42678467858579718086 |
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