3K+ Words That Rhyme With DEFEATISM

• a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams

• willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

• a perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behavior

• the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

• habitual absence from work

• belief in a single God

• the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

• an artistic movement in France beginning in 1907 that featured surfaces of geometrical planes

• a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature

• an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

• any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

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

• sexual pleasure obtained from receiving punishment (physical or psychological)

• fighting with the fists

• the actions of a vigilance committee in trying to enforce the laws

• the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation

• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• a written evaluation of a work of literature

• newspapers and magazines collectively

• the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal

• 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion

• the qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle)

• an obvious truth

• the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity

• (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

• the attribute of accepting the facts of life and favoring practicality and literal truth

• belief in multiple Gods

• (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms

• (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)

• the doctrine that reality consists of a single basic substance or element

• 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

• fanatical patriotism

• activity indicative of belief in the superiority of men over women

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

• belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

• (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure

• a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

• a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body

• doubt about the truth of something

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions

• fanatical patriotism

• the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods

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

• the branch of science that studies magnetism

• the floating wreckage of a ship

• a brutal barbarous savage act

• genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

• the quality of being current or of the present

• practices typical of contemporary life or thought

• a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

• obscure or irrational thought

• the business of providing services to tourists

• inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

• pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

• given or giving freely

• a religion represented by the many groups (especially in Asia) that profess various forms of the Buddhist doctrine and that venerate Buddha

• the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth

• an economic system based on private ownership of capital