A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under prop…
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the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically beneficial
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An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign.
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, History, Media and communication, Advertising and public relations, Military history, Parties and campaigns.The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.
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Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, History, Media and communication, Advertising and public relations, Military history, Parties and campaigns.To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communic…
Used in the same subject area: Politics and government, History, Media and communication, Advertising and public relations, Military history, Parties and campaigns.the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.(economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods)
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.The science of household affairs, or of domestic management.
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous ende…
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Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or fam…
Used in the same subject area: Philosophy, Politics and government, History, Philosophy of science.the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes who advocated government monetary and fiscal programs intended to stimulate business acti…
Used in the same subject area: Economics, Philosophy, General economics, Philosophy of science.Liberal principles; the principles and methods of the liberals in politics or religion; specifically, the principles of the Liberal pa…
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The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.(physics) a theory of atomic structure that combined Rutherford's model with the quantum theory; electrons orbiting a nucleus can only…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.the original version of string theory, developed in the late 1960s.; "Although bosonic string theory has many attractive features, it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from cer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.That which is due; payment.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.the branch of geology that deals with economically valuable geological materials
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.One who follows an empirical method; one who relies upon practical experience.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.Pertaining to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.The theory of generation which holds that the germ is created entirely new, not merely expanded, by the procreative power of the paren…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: theory, increasing, consumption, goods, economically.The man or male being (or object personified to which the masculine gender is assigned), previously designated; a pronoun of the mascu…
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