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Obscurantism

The system or the principles of the obscurants.

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Deceit 76% connected

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…

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Deception 76% connected

The act of deceiving or misleading.

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Dissembling 76% connected

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Dissimulation 76% connected

The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

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Policy 76% connected

Civil polity.

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Centralism noun · 86% connection

the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization

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Containment noun · 86% connection

a policy of creating strategic alliances in order to check the expansion of a hostile power or ideology or to force it to negotiate pe…

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Standard noun · 86% connection

an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support); "distance was marked by standards every mile"; "lamps supported on standar…

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Ultramontanism noun · 86% connection

(Roman Catholic Church) the policy that the absolute authority of the church should be vested in the pope

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Plea bargain noun · 85% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Plea bargaining noun · 85% connection

(criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to d…

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Accord noun · 85% connection

a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

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Assessment noun · 85% connection

an amount determined as payable; "the assessment for repairs outraged the club's membership"

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Cycle noun · 85% connection

a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"

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Depression noun · 85% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Economic crisis noun · 85% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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GDP noun · 85% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Gross domestic product noun · 85% connection

the measure of an economy adopted by the United States in 1991; the total market values of goods and services produced by workers and…

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Impact noun · 85% connection

a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"

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Pact noun · 85% connection

a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

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Slump noun · 85% connection

a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment

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Trade noun · 85% connection

the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services; "Venice was an important cent…

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Treaty noun · 85% connection

a written agreement between two states or sovereigns

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Absolutism noun · 78% connection

The state of being absolute; the system or doctrine of the absolute; the principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; d…

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Application noun · 78% connection

Hence, in specific uses: (a) That part of a sermon or discourse in which the principles before laid down and illustrated are applied t…

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Apriorism noun · 78% connection

belief in a priori principles or reasoning; specifically : the doctrine that knowledge rests upon principles that are self-evident to…

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Art noun · 78% connection

A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired e…

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Attracter noun · 78% connection

(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…

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Attractor noun · 78% connection

(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve…

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Binary noun · 78% connection

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…

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Binary program noun · 78% connection

a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run…

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Bureaucracy noun · 78% connection

A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradic…

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Code noun · 78% connection

Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professi…

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Compendium noun · 78% connection

A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment;…

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Constitution noun · 78% connection

The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usa…

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