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diorama 1. a miniature three-dimensional scene, in which models of figures are seen against a background 2. a picture made up of illuminated translucent curtains, viewed through an aperture 3. a museum display, as of an animal, of a specimen in its natural setting 4. Films a scene produced by the rearrangement of lighting effects How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Below, a colonnade recedes in false perspective to the sarcophagus of the donor, bathed in light. And, some gay activists contend, it's a mostly false perspective on gay and lesbian life that is fast becoming the most potent weapon in the religious right's antigay arsenal. And about worship he wrote, "But this false perspective [of communal naturalism, for example, group sensitivity discussion] extends the human social claims outside their own order, to impose them on a domain not their own where they devour everything. |
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