a loss of will power
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Compartmentalisation
the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
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a loss of will power
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.an inability to experience pleasure
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the state of a person's cognitive processes
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a temporary psychological state
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one'…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…
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Either of two things or propositions offered to one's choice. Thus when two things offer a choice of one only, the two things are call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to class…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: distributing, things, classes, categories, type.In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.
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