parkinson : Idioms & Phrases


c. northcote parkinson

  • noun British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
    C. Northcote Parkinson; Parkinson.
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cyril northcote parkinson

  • noun British historian noted for ridicule of bureaucracies (1909-1993)
    C. Northcote Parkinson; Parkinson.
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james parkinson

  • noun English surgeon (1755-1824)
    Parkinson.
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parkinson's disease

  • noun a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
    paralysis agitans; shaking palsy; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's; Parkinsonism.
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parkinson's law

  • noun C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion
  • noun C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done
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parkinson's syndrome

  • noun a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination
    paralysis agitans; shaking palsy; Parkinson's disease; Parkinson's; Parkinsonism.
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