Alexander Pope has rightly said, "Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." This quote speaks about the importance of conciseness in our language.
In order to make our language effective, we must remove superfluous words. One word substitutions are some specific terms that we use in stead of long descriptive terms.
Here are some examples:
One who loves mankind: Philanthrope
One who hates mankind: Misanthrope
One who loves womankind: Philogynist
One who hates womankind: Misogynist
One who supports equal rights for women: Feminist
One who has casual sexual relationships with women: Philanderer
One who believes in fate: Fatalist
One who believes in the existence of a God/ Gods: Theist
One who does not believe in the existence of a God/ Gods: Atheist
One who believes in only one God: Monotheist
One who believes in many Gods: Polytheist
One who believes in all Gods: Pantheist
One who walks in sleep: Somnambulist
One who talks in sleep: Somniloquist
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