a loss of will power
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Outwardness
a concern with or responsiveness to outward things (especially material objects as opposed to ideal concepts); "hearty showmanship and all-round outwardness"
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a loss of will power
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.an inability to experience pleasure
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.A state in which mental processes are under the control of the emotions.; "The original idea of catathymia forwarded by Maier (1912),…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.the state of a person's cognitive processes
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development where a child slowly moves away from an egocentric world to a world shared with others.;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that you are much greater and more powerful and influential than you really are
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a delusion (common in paranoia) that others are out to get you and frustrate and embarrass you or inflict suffering on you; a complica…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a temporary psychological state
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.a mental state in which the person has continual hallucinations
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.distress and disorientation (especially in adolescence) resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and one'…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.(psychology) a mental condition in which the qualities of a state are relatively constant even though the state itself may be dynamic;…
Used in the same subject area: Psychology, Environmental science, Philosophy, Conservation and biodiversity, Philosophy of mind.any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychia…
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Purely speculative thoughts and attitudes.; "This original book not only initiates such an engagement, it avoids the academicism of mu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.mental responsiveness and awareness
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.That which exists in any form, whether it be material or spiritual, actual or ideal; living existence, as distinguished from a thing w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.(physics) relating to or based on concepts that preceded the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.being or characterized by concepts or their formation; "conceptual discussions"; "a schizophrenic loses the ability to do conceptual t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.A map of the main ideas a study uses and how they connect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.Ardent in the pursuit of an object; eager to obtain or do; zealous with sincerity; with hearty endeavor; heartfelt; fervent; hearty; -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.(physics) the theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: concern, responsiveness, outward, things, material.
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