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Philistinism

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

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Desire 76% connected

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

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Materialism 92% connected

The doctrine of materialists; materialistic views and tenets.

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Aimer noun · 78% connection

One who aims, directs, or points.

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Allopathy noun · 78% connection

That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produce…

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Altitudinarian adjective · 78% connection

Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.

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Anarchist noun · 78% connection

An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.

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Angular adjective · 78% connection

Fig.: Lean; lank; raw-boned; ungraceful; sharp and stiff in character; as, remarkably angular in his habits and appearance; an angular…

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Anti-American adjective · 78% connection

Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions.

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Character noun · 78% connection

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a…

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Coincide noun · 78% connection

To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.

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Condition noun · 78% connection

To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's cl…

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Dagon unknown · 78% connection

The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish.

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Descriptive adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to an approach to linguistic analysis that aims at the description of a language's forms, structures and usage; "descri…

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Diogenes noun · 78% connection

A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditio…

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Disease noun · 78% connection

An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, an…

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Economical adjective · 78% connection

Managing with frugality; guarding against waste or unnecessary expense; careful and frugal in management and in expenditure; -- said o…

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Excellent adjective · 78% connection

Excelling; surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense; superior; as, an…

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Food noun · 78% connection

Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes.

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Genus noun · 78% connection

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…

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Goal noun · 78% connection

The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.

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