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Infatuation

The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; folly; that which infatuates.

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Love 76% connected

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Passion 76% connected

A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ betwee…

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Passionateness 76% connected

The state or quality of being passionate.

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Crush 92% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

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Cognition noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Cognitive content noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Cognitive factor noun · 86% connection

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

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Cognitive operation noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Cognitive process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Condensation noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

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Deciding noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Ego noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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Episteme noun · 86% connection

the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

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General knowledge noun · 86% connection

knowledge that is available to anyone

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Invalidation noun · 86% connection

when a person's thoughts and feelings are rejected, ignored, or judged.; "Invalidation is emotionally upsetting for anyone, but partic…

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Knowledge noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Lexis noun · 86% connection

all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

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Mental attitude noun · 86% connection

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…

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Mental lexicon noun · 86% connection

a language user's knowledge of words

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Mental object noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Mental process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Noesis noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Abolish verb · 78% connection

To do away with wholly; to annul; to make void; -- said of laws, customs, institutions, governments, etc.; as, to abolish slavery, to…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Assot adjective · 78% connection

Dazed; foolish; infatuated.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Ate noun · 78% connection

The goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance.

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Besotted adjective · 78% connection

Made sottish, senseless, or infatuated; characterized by drunken stupidity, or by infatuation; stupefied.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Craziness noun · 78% connection

the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Disensanity noun · 78% connection

Insanity; folly.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Extreme adjective · 78% connection

The best of worst; most urgent; greatest; highest; immoderate; excessive; most violent; as, an extreme case; extreme folly.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Flight noun · 78% connection

Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soa/ing; as, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Follies pl. · 78% connection

of Folly

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Folliful adjective · 78% connection

Full of folly.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Folly noun · 78% connection

the quality of being rash and foolish; "trying to drive through a blizzard is the height of folly"; "adjusting to an insane society is…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Fond superl. · 78% connection

Trifling; valued by folly; trivial.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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Fool noun · 78% connection

One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: infatuating, infatuated, folly, infatuates.
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