English to Yoruba Meaning of touchstone - touchstone

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Definitions of touchstone in English

Noun(1) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

Examples of touchstone in English

(1) His reference to the Cold War as his touchstone gives him away.(2) Nor has he challenged the appellant's case that the requirements of the Convention provide a touchstone for judging the rationality of his decision and the policy pursuant to which it was reached.(3) they tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance(4) Ridley's treatment of the role of inheritance in the determination of intelligence and, more generally, of personality, will be for many readers the touchstone by which his book is judged.(5) An article in a foreign journal becomes a touchstone and then a norm, unless it is torn asunder by some path-breaking discovery.(6) Smith endorsed capitalism as a means to his ultimate value - control of arbitrary rule, a premise that has remained a touchstone of liberalism.(7) What, in short, is the touchstone by which to recognise a special class of people from members of the general public?(8) I would have thought ID cards are a pretty fundamental issue if not a touchstone of liberal credentials.(9) This attitude comes mostly from the idea that American middle-class values are the touchstone from which all else should be judged.(10) That was his political touchstone , his point of reference, the rock upon which he built everything else.(11) Such reference has been the touchstone for an assessment of trade unions over the last two decades.(12) they tend to regard grammar as the touchstone of all language performance(13) By the Second World War the toleration of COs had begun to be recognized as a touchstone of mature liberalism.(14) ‘To touch’ in reference to fine metals such as gold refers to the touchstone used to test the purity of the metal.(15) The same example can be cited: in spite of producing unlimited quantities of gold, the touchstone remains the same.(16) It is a touchstone against which I measure my own political views.

Related Phrases of touchstone

(1) touchstone ::

touchstone

(2) touch ::

ọwọ

(3) stone ::

okuta

Related Phrases of touchstone

(1) touchstone ::

touchstone

(2) touch ::

ọwọ

(3) stone ::

okuta

Synonyms

Noun

1. criterion ::

ami

2. standard ::

boṣewa

3. yardstick ::

yardstick

4. benchmark ::

ala

5. barometer ::

barometer

6. bellwether ::

bellwether

7. litmus test ::

ìdánwò

8. measure ::

wiwọn

9. point of reference ::

ojuami ti itọkasi

10. norm ::

iwuwasi

11. gauge ::

won

12. test ::

igbeyewo

13. guide ::

dari

14. exemplar ::

exemplar

15. model ::

awoṣe

16. pattern ::

Àpẹẹrẹ

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