Front | desideratum \dih-sid-uh-RAY-tum; -RAH-\ |
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Back | noun [plural: desiderata] Something desired or considered necessary. [From Latin desideratum (something desired), from desiderare (to desire).] "The researchers also asked what qualities the two groups [well-off vs street children] of young people would like to see in an 'ideal' Russian president. Twenty-nine percent of both groups said that the ideal president should be kind and tough, with the children of the street slightly more inclined than their better-off counterparts to stress kindness as a desideratum." - Paul Goble; Wealthier Moscow Teenagers More Inclined to View U.S. as Russia's Enemy; The Moscow Times (Russia); Jun 21, 2009. |
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