abolitionism | (noun) the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery | - |
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abolitionist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: emancipationist |
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abortionist | (noun) a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies | - |
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abstractionism | (noun) an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation | Synonyms: abstract art |
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(noun) a representation having no reference to concrete objects or specific examples | Synonyms: unrealism |
abstractionist | (noun) a painter of abstract pictures | Synonyms: abstract artist |
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accordionist | (noun) a musician who plays the accordion | - |
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anionic | (noun) a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions | Synonyms: anionic detergent, non-ionic detergent |
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apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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associationism | (noun) (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity | Synonyms: association theory |
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avionics | (noun) science and technology of electronic systems and devices for aeronautics and astronautics | - |
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bionics | (noun) application of biological principles to the study and design of engineering systems (especially electronic systems) | - |
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collaborationism | (noun) act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country | Synonyms: collaboration, quislingism |
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collaborationist | (noun) someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force | Synonyms: collaborator, quisling |
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commissioning | (noun) the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions | Synonyms: commission |
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conditioning | (noun) a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment | - |
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configurationism | (noun) (psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties | Synonyms: Gestalt psychology |
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conservationist | (noun) someone who works to protect the environment from destruction or pollution | Synonyms: environmentalist |
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contortionist | (noun) an acrobat able to twist into unusual positions | - |
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conversationist | (noun) someone skilled at conversation | Synonyms: conversationalist, schmoozer |
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coreligionist | (noun) someone having the same religion as another person | - |
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counterrevolutionist | (noun) a revolutionary whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by an earlier revolution | Synonyms: counter-revolutionist, counterrevolutionary |
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creationism | (noun) the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis | - |
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cushioning | (noun) artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort | Synonyms: padding |
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deconstructionism | (noun) a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning | Synonyms: deconstruction |
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deviationism | (noun) ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) | - |
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deviationist | (noun) an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism) | - |
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distortionist | (noun) a painter who introduces distortions | - |
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diversionist | (noun) someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks | Synonyms: saboteur, wrecker |
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educationist | (noun) a specialist in the theory of education | Synonyms: educationalist |
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elocutionist | (noun) a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery | - |
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emancipationist | (noun) a reformer who favors abolishing slavery | Synonyms: abolitionist |
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envisioning | (noun) visual imagery | Synonyms: picturing |
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evolutionism | (noun) (biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals | Synonyms: theory of evolution, theory of organic evolution |
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evolutionist | (noun) a person who believes in organic evolution | - |
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excursionist | (noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: rubberneck, sightseer, tripper |
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exhibitionism | (noun) the perverse act of exposing and attracting attention to your own genitals | Synonyms: immodesty |
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(noun) extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself | - |
exhibitionist | (noun) someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention | Synonyms: show-off |
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(noun) someone with a compulsive desire to expose the genitals | Synonyms: flasher |
expansionism | (noun) the doctrine of expanding the territory or the economic influence of a country | - |
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expressionism | (noun) an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling was expressed through a distorted rendition of reality | - |
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expressionist | (noun) an artist who is an adherent of expressionism | - |
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extortionist | (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | Synonyms: blackmailer, extortioner |
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fashioning | (noun) the act that results in something coming to be | Synonyms: devising, making |
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functioning | (noun) process or manner of functioning or operating | Synonyms: operation, performance |
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histrionics | (noun) a performance of a play | Synonyms: representation, theatrical, theatrical performance |
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(noun) a deliberate display of emotion for effect | - |
illusionist | (noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight | Synonyms: seer, visionary |
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(noun) someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience | Synonyms: conjurer, conjuror, magician, prestidigitator |
impressionist | (noun) an artist who follows the theories of Impressionism | - |
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inductionism | (noun) the scientific philosophy where laws are "induced" from sets of data. | - |
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insurrectionism | (noun) the principle of revolt against constituted authority | - |
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insurrectionist | (noun) a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) | Synonyms: freedom fighter, insurgent, rebel |
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introspectionism | (noun) a doctrine that psychology must be based essentially on data derived from introspection. | - |
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intuitionism | (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition | - |
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ionisation | (noun) the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas | Synonyms: ionization |
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(noun) the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge) | Synonyms: ionization |
ionization | (noun) the process of ionizing; the formation of ions by separating atoms or molecules or radicals or by adding or subtracting electrons from atoms by strong electric fields in a gas | Synonyms: ionisation |
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(noun) the condition of being dissociated into ions (as by heat or radiation or chemical reaction or electrical discharge) | Synonyms: ionisation |
irreligionist | (noun) someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion | - |
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isolationism | (noun) a policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations | - |
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isolationist | (noun) an advocate of isolationism in international affairs | - |
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methionine | (noun) a crystalline amino acid containing sulfur; found in most proteins and essential for nutrition | - |
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moderationism | (noun) the policy of being moderate or acting with moderation | - |
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moderationist | (noun) a person who takes a position in the political center | Synonyms: centrist, middle of the roader, moderate |
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(noun) a moderate drinker (as opposed to a total abstainer) | - |
neoevolutionism | (noun) school of anthropology concerned with long-term culture change and with the similar patterns of development that may be seen in unrelated, widely separated cultures. | Synonyms: neo-evolutionism |
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neoexpressionism | (noun) an art movement based on expressionism; developed in 1980s in Europe and United States; crudely drawn garish paintings | - |
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nutritionist | (noun) a specialist in the study of nutrition | - |
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obstructionism | (noun) deliberate interference | - |
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obstructionist | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructor, resister, thwarter |
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partitioning | (noun) the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart | Synonyms: division, partition, sectionalisation, sectionalization, segmentation |
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(noun) an analysis into mutually exclusive categories | Synonyms: breakdown |
partitionist | (noun) an advocate of partitioning a country | - |
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percussionist | (noun) a musician who plays percussion instruments | - |
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perfectionism | (noun) a disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable | - |
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perfectionist | (noun) a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards | - |
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positioning | (noun) the act of putting something in a certain place | Synonyms: emplacement, locating, location, placement, position |
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predestinationist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinarian |
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preservationist | (noun) someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas | - |
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prohibitionist | (noun) a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages | Synonyms: dry |
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projectionist | (noun) the person who operates the projector in a movie house | - |
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protectionism | (noun) the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition | - |
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protectionist | (noun) an advocate of protectionism | - |
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questioning | (noun) a request for information | Synonyms: inquiring |
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rationing | (noun) the act of rationing | - |
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reactionism | (noun) the political orientation of reactionaries | - |
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receptionist | (noun) a secretary whose main duty is to answer the telephone and receive visitors | - |
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reductionism | (noun) a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components | - |
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(noun) the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents | - |
reincarnationism | (noun) a doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body | - |
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religionism | (noun) exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal | Synonyms: pietism, religiosity, religiousism |
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(noun) exaggerated religious zealotry | - |
religionist | (noun) a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot | - |
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repositioning | (noun) the act of placing in a new position | - |
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reversionist | (noun) someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior | Synonyms: backslider, recidivist |
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revisionism | (noun) a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism | - |
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(noun) any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx | - |
revisionist | (noun) a Communist who tries to rewrite Marxism to justify a retreat from the revolutionary position | - |
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revolutionism | (noun) a belief in the spread of revolutionary principles | - |
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revolutionist | (noun) a radical supporter of political or social revolution | Synonyms: revolutionary, subversive, subverter |
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secessionism | (noun) a doctrine that maintains the right of secession | - |
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secessionist | (noun) an advocate of secessionism | - |
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segregationism | (noun) a political orientation favoring political or racial segregation | - |
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segregationist | (noun) someone who believes the racial groups should be kept apart | Synonyms: segregator |
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separationism | (noun) advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state | Synonyms: separatism |
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separationist | (noun) an advocate of secession or separation from a larger group (such as an established church or a national union) | Synonyms: separatist |
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tenebrionid | (noun) sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain | Synonyms: darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle |
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thermionics | (noun) the branch of electronics dealing with thermionic phenomena (especially thermionic vacuum tubes) | - |
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unionisation | (noun) act of forming labor unions | Synonyms: unionization |
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unionism | (noun) the system or principles and theory of labor unions | Synonyms: trade unionism |
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