catalyst
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- noun
- /ˈkætəˌlɪst/
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catalizador
- This project can be the catalyst to a new movement that will benefit disenfranchised youth and their families all across this country.
- a catalyst for change
- serve as a catalyst
- act as a catalyst
It's one of those near term catalysts that just isn't fantastic.
- It's one of those near term catalysts that just isn't fantastic.
- Well, right now the biggest negative catalyst is, well, Congress.
- So yeah, he, he was a big catalyst for the movie moving forward.
- The genius, the transformative rebel, is the catalyst of that change.
- And radical acceptance then often becomes the catalyst to no contact.
- It was more like she she was the catalyst for that collaborative experience.
- OK, and so you've been you've, you've created a catalyst for change in your life.
- The motivation is a really good catalyst for learning, right?
- So what was the catalyst for that idea?
- That was the real catalyst for making sure that it worked.
- That actually to me is a nice catalyst for having that conversation.
- And so Alder is not a cause, but you could say a catalyst along with his wife.
- And I think my marriage ending was the catalyst for the machine stopping.
- So maybe that poison is a good catalyst for invention.
Examples
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That actually to me is a nice catalyst for having that conversation.
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Your presence on that island is the essential catalyst.
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So what was the catalyst for that idea?
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That was the real catalyst for making sure that it worked.
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A natural disaster may act as a catalyst in the lives of older folks and force a decision.
Academic text (2011) -
School counselors interested in leadership can use resistance as a catalyst for personal and professional growth.
Academic text (2008) -
The genius, the transformative rebel, is the catalyst of that change.
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The change in today's business environment acts as a catalyst for the constant emergence.
Academic text (2017) -
Analyses found local and national mandates, a catalyst, and a common moral purpose to be key factors for change.
Academic text (2015) -
The outrage that followed became a catalyst in the civil rights movement.
Synonyms
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A person or thing that causes a difference
A person or event that makes people act and speeds up change
A person or thing that makes changes happen faster
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Etymology
Catalyst comes from Greek parts kata- 'down' and lysis 'loosen', which gives a simple image of something that 'loosens' a stuck situation. So a catalyst is a person or thing that makes a big change happen quickly.