Establish and Question

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Establish verb - To gain full recognition or acceptance of.

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Question and establish are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Question" instead a verb "Establish".

Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.

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Establish and question are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Establish" instead a verb "Question".

friendship	establish friendship	question friendship
sense	establish sense	question sense
character	establish character	question character
power	establish power	question power
Other words: life, state, motive, relationship, nature, presence, system, fact, characters, identity, authority, premise, existence.

Here, however, that dissonance is employed deliberately in order to make the player question their actions and establish Walker as being a massive hypocrite, hence deconstructing the concept.

Source: Video Game / Spec Ops: The Line
It's also used to establish a FaceHeel Turn, as normally the character in question would be the last person to found an Egopolis.

Source: Egopolis
The question then becomes, do you believe the message and return home, or go on to establish the colony, which will require years of labor on an inhospitable world?

Source: Cult Colony

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