Agent and Foundation

Agent

Agent noun - Something used to achieve an end.

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Foundation and agent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Foundation" instead a noun "Agent".

Nearby Words: agency, agential

Foundation noun - A public organization with a particular purpose or function.

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Agent and foundation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Agent" instead a noun "Foundation".

Nearby Words: founder, founded, founding, foundationer

good	good agent	good foundation
female	female agent	female foundation
deep	deep agent	deep foundation
powerful	powerful agent	powerful foundation
Other adjectives: actual, real, evil, main, ultimate, new, said.

SCP Foundation: SCP-451 is a former agent who ran afoul of an artifact that rendered him completely incapable of perceiving or meaningfully interacting with other people.

Source: Entertainingly Wrong
Subverted in Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy: Cornered by the Mule, an agent of the Second Foundation frees a Brainwashed victim and points out there is no way he can both stop the agent and keep his victim from killing him.

Source: The Dog Bites Back / Literature
For the longest time, the Foundation and its predecessors feared that the sudden popularity of musicians such as Tupac Shakur, Elvis Presley, and even Franz Liszt was the result of a memetic agent.

Source: Deliberate Values Dissonance

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