SCIENCES Antonyms

• a particular society at a particular time and place

• the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

• all the knowledge and values shared by a society

• (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization

• the raising of plants or animals

• grow in a special preparation

• motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

• the philosophical study of moral values and rules

• the aggregate of past events

• a record or narrative description of past events

• the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings

• the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future

• all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge

• studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

• a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

• (language) communication by word of mouth

• the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

• the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication

• the mental faculty or power of vocal communication

• a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

• creative writing of recognized artistic value

• the humanistic study of a body of literature

• published writings in a particular style on a particular subject

• the profession or art of a writer

• a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

• the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

• any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation

• a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

• an institution to express belief in a divine power

• the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth

• a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings

• the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary)