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Materialism

The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

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Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

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Materialist 74% connected

One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar or…

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Materialist 74% connected

One who denies the existence of spiritual substances or agents, and maintains that spiritual phenomena, so called, are the result of some peculiar or…

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Philistinism 92% connected

The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aesthetic noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"

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Aristotelianism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…

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contract law noun · 86% connection

that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts

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Determinism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often underst…

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Empiricism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

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Esthetic noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful; "he despised the esthetic of minimalism"

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Formalism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded…

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Idealism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

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Intuitionism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired primarily by intuition

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Jurisprudence noun · 86% connection

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Law noun · 86% connection

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Legal philosophy noun · 86% connection

the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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Mechanism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

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Nativism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate

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Naturalism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanati…

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Nominalism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name

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Peripateticism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science…

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Platonism noun · 86% connection

(philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

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Antinomianism noun · 78% connection

The tenets or practice of Antinomians.

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Arianize verb · 78% connection

To admit or accept the tenets of the Arians; to become an Arian.

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Arminian noun · 78% connection

One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).

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Arminianism noun · 78% connection

The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.

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Averroism noun · 78% connection

The tenets of the Averroists.

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Belief noun · 78% connection

A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed.

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Bigotry noun · 78% connection

The practice or tenets of a bigot.

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Broad Church unknown · 78% connection

A portion of the Church of England, consisting of persons who claim to hold a position, in respect to doctrine and fellowship, interme…

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Calvinism noun · 78% connection

The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the…

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Cosmorama noun · 78% connection

An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with s…

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Cynicism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opinions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous…

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Dialectical materialism noun · 78% connection

the materialistic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

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Dissenter noun · 78% connection

One who separates from the service and worship of an established church; especially, one who disputes the authority or tenets of the C…

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Donatism noun · 78% connection

The tenets of the Donatists.

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