Claim and Idea

Claim

Claim noun - An entitlement to something.

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Idea and claim are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Claim".

Nearby Words: claimed, claiming, claimant

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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Claim and idea are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Claim" instead a noun "Idea".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

old	old claim	old idea
good	good claim	good idea
best	best claim	best idea
better	better claim	better idea
Other adjectives: similar, common, right, original, initial, reasonable, stupid, actual, entire, real, big, little, false, main, decent, silly, general, ridiculous.

You know how the Glad I Thought of It trope is when a character suggests something, only to have another scoff at the idea, but then claim it to have been their own idea when it succeeds?

Source: Glad You Thought of It
An apocryphal claim about Japan's supposed obsession with schooling consists of the idea that they have schools for literally everything, even this type.

Source: School of Seduction
After it's revealed that he's a Replacement Goldfish, a substitute that was brought in after the real Negrinus died, he loses all claim to his property, his rank and even his name, as he's not the real Negrinus- but he also has no idea who he really is.

Source: Literature / Marcus Didius Falco

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