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top-down
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Princeton's WordNet
top-downadjective
of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details
"a top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends"; "top-down programming"
Antonyms:
bottom-up
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "top-down":
downward, descending, scion, vertical, descendant, descendent, hierarchical
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4295 | vertical | |
#9606 | descending | |
#14052 | hierarchical | |
#14889 | downward | |
#16375 | scion | |
#28531 | descendant | |
#70432 | descendent |
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The other thing that just is so striking to me, I can't get it out of my brain, and that is the vision of Building 7 falling faster than the speed of gravity, right ? Building 7, which no plane hit, and all of a sudden Building 7 falls, very consistent with what they call controlled demolitions or controlled charges because that building from the top down falls faster than if you had thrown a hammer off the top of the building.
But I think her approach -- the top-down, progressive approach where it's all decided from up above and just basically get in line and do what we're told -- is not the one that has created the greatness of the most extraordinary country on the face of the earth.
The question is did top-down executive function improve, is the brain changing in a meaningful way, or are these changes just specific to the task?
The animal spirits of this country are being stifled by this top-down-driven regulatory system that is choking off the next generation of job creators.
Instead of a top-down approach, we are now doing a bottom-up approach, the best reforms happen from the grassroots.
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