Diversion
Tangent
Tangent noun - A departure from the subject under consideration.
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Synonyms for Tangent
Diversion and tangent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Diversion" instead a noun "Tangent".
Nearby Word: tangential
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- divergence and diversion
- divergence and tangent
- deviation and diversion
- deviation and tangent
- variation and diversion
- variation and tangent
- alteration and diversion
- alteration and tangent
- shift and diversion
- shift and tangent
- excursion and diversion
- excursion and tangent
- departure and diversion
- departure and tangent
Both words in one sentence
- They just seem to naturally seek a creative diversion, something new, and become attached to their ideological tangent over current "reality", for better or worse.
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