Designation and Setting

Designation

Designation noun - A word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known.

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Setting and designation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Setting" instead a noun "Designation".

Setting noun - The circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded.

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Designation and setting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Designation" instead a noun "Setting".

Nearby Words: set, settling, setter

old	old designation	old setting
full	full designation	full setting
similar	similar designation	similar setting
usual	usual designation	usual setting
Other adjectives: regular, original, proper, popular, actual, real, new, unique, general, military, unusual, official, basic, different, generic.

In Neil Asher's The Polity books, "Golem" is the official designation of the setting's combat androids.

Source: Golem
Their gods, the Users (with a capital U) tend to refer to themselves as "human", a designation that is quite irrelevant to the setting.

Source: Deity of Human Origin

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