Portion and Tragedy

Portion

Portion noun - A state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand.

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Tragedy and portion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tragedy" instead a noun "Portion".

Nearby Words: portioned, portioning, porting, portionless

Tragedy noun - Bad luck or an example of this.

Usage example: it's the tragedy of many great artists not to be recognized for their genius until after they're dead

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Portion and tragedy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Portion" instead a noun "Tragedy".

Nearby Word: tragedian

human	human portion	human tragedy
high	high portion	high tragedy
long	long portion	long tragedy
particular	particular portion	particular tragedy
Other adjectives: certain, actual, entire, massive, big, great, new, major, final, greater, next, modern, historical.

The way the story plays out, the tragedy is that she committed suicide, not that a sizable portion of Gallia's entire population was just murdered during a truce.

Source: Protagonist-Centered Morality
Notably, since you usually have to sacrifice someone to complete a level, a portion of "Tragedy" is audible in "Up in Flames".

Source: Video Game / no-one has to die.
But even so, everyone has a breaking point... And... I believe you've just reached yours... Boyish Short Hair: During the An Arm and a Leg tragedy mentioned above, Romani also gets a portion of her hair burnt off, and when they meet, Zelda actually mistakes her for a boy.

Source: Fan Fic / Bound Destinies Trilogy

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