abiogenist | (noun) a believer in abiogenesis | - |
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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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accompanist | (noun) a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) | Synonyms: accompanyist |
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accordionist | (noun) a musician who plays the accordion | - |
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actinism | (noun) the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects | - |
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administration | (noun) a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs) | Synonyms: disposal |
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(noun) the act of administering medication | Synonyms: giving medication |
(noun) the act of meting out justice according to the law | Synonyms: judicature |
(noun) the act of governing; exercising authority | Synonyms: governance, governing, government, government activity |
(noun) the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something | Synonyms: brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization |
(noun) the tenure of a president | Synonyms: presidency, presidential term |
administrator | (noun) someone who administers a business | Synonyms: decision maker |
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(noun) the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor | - |
(noun) someone who manages a government agency or department | Synonyms: executive |
administrivia | (noun) the tiresome but essential details that must be taken care of and tasks that must be performed in running an organization | - |
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admonisher | (noun) someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided | Synonyms: monitor, reminder |
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admonishment | (noun) a firm rebuke | Synonyms: admonition, monition |
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adonis | (noun) any handsome young man | - |
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aepyornis | (noun) huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar | Synonyms: elephant bird |
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agonist | (noun) (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction | - |
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(noun) a muscle that contracts while another relaxes | - |
(noun) someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon) | - |
(noun) the principal character in a work of fiction | Synonyms: protagonist |
albinism | (noun) the congenital absence of pigmentation in the eyes and skin and hair | - |
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aldosteronism | (noun) a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone | Synonyms: hyperaldosteronism |
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alienism | (noun) the quality of being alien | Synonyms: alienage |
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(noun) an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness | - |
alienist | (noun) a psychiatrist and specialist in the legal aspects of mental illness | - |
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alpinist | (noun) a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs | - |
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anachronism | (noun) an artifact that belongs to another time | - |
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(noun) a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age | - |
(noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | Synonyms: misdating, mistiming |
anise | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise seed, aniseed |
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(noun) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery | Synonyms: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum |
aniseed | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise, anise seed |
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aniseikonia | (noun) visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes | - |
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anisette | (noun) liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed | Synonyms: anisette de Bordeaux |
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anisogamete | (noun) either of a pair of unlike gametes especially those unlike in size | - |
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anisogamy | (noun) (biology) reproduction by the union or fusion of two differing gametes (especially differing in size) | - |
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anisometropia | (noun) difference in the refractive power of the two eyes | - |
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anisotropy | (noun) the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions | - |
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antagonism | (noun) (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure | - |
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(noun) an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility | - |
(noun) the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors | - |
(noun) a state of deep-seated ill-will | Synonyms: enmity, hostility |
antagonist | (noun) a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug | - |
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(noun) a muscle that relaxes while another contracts | - |
(noun) someone who offers opposition | Synonyms: adversary, opponent, opposer, resister |
antiestablishmentarianism | (noun) the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment | Synonyms: antiestablishmentism |
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antifeminism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: chauvinism, male chauvinism |
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antifeminist | (noun) someone who does not believe in the social or economic or political equality of men and women | - |
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antinomianism | (noun) the theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture) | - |
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archaeornis | (noun) extinct primitive toothed bird with a long feathered tail and three free clawed digits on each wing | - |
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arianist | (noun) an adherent of Arianism (the belief that Jesus Christ was not truly God) | - |
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arsonist | (noun) a criminal who illegally sets fire to property | Synonyms: firebug, incendiary |
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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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astonishment | (noun) the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising | Synonyms: amazement |
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asynchronism | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchrony, desynchronisation, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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authoritarianism | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, monocracy, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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balloonist | (noun) someone who flies a balloon | - |
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banishment | (noun) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | Synonyms: proscription |
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(noun) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | Synonyms: Coventry, ostracism |
banister | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, bannister, handrail |
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bannister | (noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling | Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, banister, handrail |
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bassoonist | (noun) a musician who plays the bassoon | - |
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benison | (noun) a spoken blessing | - |
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benniseed | (noun) small oval seeds of the sesame plant | Synonyms: sesame seed |
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bohemianism | (noun) conduct characteristic of a bohemian | - |
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botanist | (noun) a biologist specializing in the study of plants | Synonyms: phytologist, plant scientist |
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burnish | (noun) the property of being smooth and shiny | Synonyms: gloss, glossiness, polish |
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burnisher | (noun) a hand tool with polished agate tips (or other gemstone) for rubbing the gold leaf in order to obtain a highly polished surface, used in gilding. | Synonyms: burnishing tool |
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caffeinism | (noun) poisoning resulting from excessive intake of caffeine containing products | Synonyms: caffeine intoxication |
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canistel | (noun) ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies | Synonyms: eggfruit |
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(noun) tropical tree of Florida and West Indies yielding edible fruit | Synonyms: canistel tree, Pouteria campechiana nervosa |
canister | (noun) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | Synonyms: cannister, tin |
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(noun) a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm | Synonyms: canister shot, case shot |
cannister | (noun) metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour | Synonyms: canister, tin |
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canonisation | (noun) (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church) the act of admitting a deceased person into the canon of saints | Synonyms: canonization |
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canonist | (noun) a specialist in canon law | - |
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carbonisation | (noun) the destructive distillation of coal (as in coke ovens) | Synonyms: carbonization |
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cartoonist | (noun) a person who draws cartoons | - |
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charlatanism | (noun) the dishonesty of a charlatan | Synonyms: quackery |
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chauvinism | (noun) activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women | Synonyms: antifeminism, male chauvinism |
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(noun) fanatical patriotism | Synonyms: jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism |
chauvinist | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist, patrioteer |
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(noun) a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind | - |
clannishness | (noun) tendency to associate with only a select group | Synonyms: cliquishness, exclusiveness |
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cognisance | (noun) having knowledge of | Synonyms: awareness, cognizance, consciousness, knowingness |
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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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colonisation | (noun) the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | Synonyms: colonization, settlement |
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coloniser | (noun) someone who helps to found a colony | Synonyms: colonizer |
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colonist | (noun) a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country | Synonyms: settler |
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columnist | (noun) a journalist who writes editorials | Synonyms: editorialist |
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communisation | (noun) the organization of a nation of the basis of communism | Synonyms: communization |
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(noun) a change from private property to public property owned by the community | Synonyms: communization |
(noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communization, nationalisation, nationalization |
communism | (noun) a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society | - |
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(noun) a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership | - |
communist | (noun) a socialist who advocates communism | Synonyms: commie |
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concertinist | (noun) a person who plays the concertina | - |
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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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cretinism | (noun) severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental stunting | - |
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culteranismo | (noun) an esoteric style of writing that attempted to elevate poetic language and themes by re-Latinizing them, using classical allusions, vocabulary, syntax, and word order. | Synonyms: Gongorismo |
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danish | (noun) light sweet yeast-raised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese | Synonyms: danish pastry |
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decolonisation | (noun) the action of changing from colonial to independent status | Synonyms: decolonization |
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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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dehumanisation | (noun) the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities | Synonyms: dehumanization |
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demonisation | (noun) to represent as diabolically evil | Synonyms: demonization |
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demonism | (noun) a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan) | Synonyms: diabolism, Satanism |
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desalinisation | (noun) the removal of salt (especially from sea water) | Synonyms: desalination, desalinization |
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destalinisation | (noun) social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor | Synonyms: de-Stalinisation, de-Stalinization, destalinization |
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desynchronisation | (noun) the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times | Synonyms: asynchronism, asynchrony, desynchronization, desynchronizing |
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determinism | (noun) (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will | - |
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determinist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: fatalist, predestinarian, predestinationist |
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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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