Emphasize
Common collocations
| spirit | emphasize spirit | separate spirit |
| word | emphasize word | separate word |
| idea | emphasize idea | separate idea |
| image | emphasize image | separate image |
| Other words: appearance, characters, emotions. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Sandman in particular sometimes refers to "Flint Marko" as if he were a separate person, but more as a rhetorical device than anything - it's to emphasize how he's not a Bit Part Bad Guy any more, he's now a genuine Supervillain.
Source: That Man Is Dead -
It was also done to separate her from young and supposedly innocent characters, like Laura, and to emphasize that she isn't to be sexualized in any way, as much of the symbolism in the game places emphasis on sexuality.
Source: Younger Than They Look -
Despite that mutants, including even the X-Men themselves, have become increasingly prone to emphasize how they are a separate "species" from the rest of humanity, in many ways validating the position of their ideological opponents.
Source: Comicbook / X-Men
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