altruism | (noun) the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others | Synonyms: selflessness |
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euphuism | (noun) an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology | - |
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(noun) any artificially elegant style of language | - |
somniloquism | (noun) uttering speech while asleep | Synonyms: sleep talking, somniloquy |
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truism | (noun) an obvious truth | - |
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ventriloquism | (noun) the art of projecting your voice so that it seems to come from another source (as from a ventriloquist's dummy) | Synonyms: ventriloquy |
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