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Maya

The name for the doctrine of the unreality of matter, called, in English, idealism; hence, nothingness; vanity; illusion.

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Indian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

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Mam 76% connected

Mamma.

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Tribe 70% connected

A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, desc…

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Absolutism noun · 78% connection

the doctrine of an absolute being, often related to idealism in philosophy.

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Acre noun · 78% connection

A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of t…

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Anglican adjective · 78% connection

English; of or pertaining to England or the English nation; especially, pertaining to, or connected with, the established church of En…

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Anglicize verb · 78% connection

To make English; to English; to anglify; render conformable to the English idiom, or to English analogies.

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Anglo- unknown · 78% connection

A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo…

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Berkeleian adjective · 78% connection

Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy.

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Black letter unknown · 78% connection

The old English or Gothic letter, in which the Early English manuscripts were written, and the first English books were printed. It wa…

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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Cipherhood noun · 78% connection

Nothingness.

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Depersonalisation noun · 78% connection

emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality…

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Depersonalization noun · 78% connection

emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality…

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Disillusion noun · 78% connection

The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

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Do-nothingism noun · 78% connection

Alt. of Do-nothingness

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Douay Bible unknown · 78% connection

A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman Catholics; -- done from the Latin Vulg…

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Englishry noun · 78% connection

A body of English or people of English descent; -- commonly applied to English people in Ireland.

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Hylotheism noun · 78% connection

The doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe; pantheism. See Materialism.

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