bubble
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6.9
- noun
- /ˈbʌbəl/
- You live in this perfect little bubble that everyone who happens to be good looking gets to live in.
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Watch on YouTubeWe could call that filter bubbles, or maybe echo chambers.
- We could call that filter bubbles, or maybe echo chambers.
- I hate to burst your bubble, but that doesn't work.
- This is what happens when people get outside of the Trump bubble and around facts.
- And in my own bubble, I'm thinking I'm doing enough.
- Enablers really, really don't like you popping their bubble that everyone gets along right.
- What's more realistic than creating a bubble of information?
- There are no consequences in your soft, comfortable, bubble wrapped life.
- Her messaging within the MAGA bubble resonates.
- You can't get through that, so you can't pop that bubble don't exist.
- They're good in in the in the twitch bubble, we have this term called copium.
Examples
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"Children don't live in bubbles, and we have provided services in bubbles for too long," she says.
Academic text (2008) -
I really could, but the world is so much bigger than this little feminist bubble that you put yourself in.
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And the reality outside of this world bubble that we're creating is not like that.
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Look at all I missed in the bubble of a lie.
Fiction book (2000) -
This is what happens when people get outside of the Trump bubble and around facts.
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They live in these little bubbles of theory, no reality.
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I hate to burst your bubble, but that doesn't work.
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Like people grow up and you get busy and you have kids and marriages and all that stuff and you get really wrapped up in your own little bubble.
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California, Detroit, Louisiana, Florida: They were like a rock band, encased in a private bubble of experience.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many entrepreneurs operate in a bubble, ignoring the harsh realities of the market.
Synonyms
287
4.6
A false idea or appearance that makes you think something is true
173
6.7
A strong false belief that someone still has even when it is not true
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3.7
A wrong idea that many people believe
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7.7
An idea or hope that seems real but is not possible
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7.4
An imaginative idea that is unlikely to be true or useful
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Compounds
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1.7
A soft plastic sheet with many small air bubbles that stops fragile things from breaking when you pack them
1
7.3
A British dish made by frying leftover cabbage and potatoes, often served with eggs or bacon
- US
1
3.0
A clear plastic cover with small bubbles that holds a product on a piece of cardboard
- Archaic
1
7.8
A tank of very hot liquid where tiny bubbles show the paths of invisible particles
- Archaic
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4.2
A printer that uses heat to make tiny ink bubbles and prints them on paper
- Literature
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8.8
A group of politicians and journalists cut off from ordinary people and their problems
- Specialized
A skin rash around the lips after chewing bubble gum with artificial colors or flavors
- Archaic
A device that stores information as tiny magnetic areas on a thin layer, used in older computers
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Etymology
Bubble comes from the fragile soap-bubble image, so when someone 'lives in a bubble' it means they live in a small, protected world of ideas that can easily be broken by reality.