Rhymes for BRITISH-EMPIRICISM

• impractical romantic ideals and attitudes

• a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization

• an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

• a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

• obscure or irrational thought

• freeing from evil spirits

• the property of being suitable for singing

• unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm

• the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race

• a brutal barbarous savage act

• asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience

• an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

• a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches

• the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)

• the act of excluding someone from society by general consent

• something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

• an artifact that belongs to another time

• a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

• a state of deep-seated ill-will

• the relation between opposing principles or forces or factors

• an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility

• (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure

• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• a written evaluation of a work of literature

• an economic theory holding that variations in unemployment and the rate of inflation are usually caused by changes in the supply of money

• a policy of neutrality or nonalignment in international affairs

• an economic system based on private ownership of capital

• the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

• a cynical feeling of distrust

• a political orientation that favors social progress by reform and by changing laws rather than by revolution

• an economic theory advocating free competition and a self-regulating market

• a state of anticipation of sexuality

• the arousal of feelings of sexual desire

• doubt about the truth of something

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

• the branch of science that studies magnetism

• the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality

• excessive intolerance of opposing views

• a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

• the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

• the political orientation of those who favor revolutionary change in government and society

• a political theory advocating an authoritarian hierarchical government (as opposed to democracy or liberalism)

• a miniature model of something

• a form of Protestantism that takes the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as literal truth

• the strict adherence to the basic principles or doctrines of a religion, ideology, etc.

• any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

• the feeling that things will turn out badly

• a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things

• a social organization in which diversity of racial or religious or ethnic or cultural groups is tolerated

• the doctrine that reality consists of several basic substances or elements

• the practice of one person holding more than one benefice at a time

• an indifference to pleasure or pain

• (philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno

• a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

• a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests

• (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations

• an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

• taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

• the doctrine that all violence is unjustifiable

• the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration

• recklessness in politics or foreign affairs

• food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly

• a movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms

• any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

• a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)

• sexual arousal or gratification resulting from handling a fetish (or a specific part of the body other than the sexual organs)

• the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

• a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness

• the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization

• the process of deformation that produces continents and ocean basins in the earth's crust

• phenomenon exhibited by materials like iron (nickel or cobalt) that become magnetized in a magnetic field and retain their magnetism when the field is removed

• an orienting response to gravity

• a moral maxim

• judgments about another person's morality