Rhymes for DIACHRONISMS

• the attribution of consciousness and personality to natural phenomena such as thunderstorms and earthquakes and to objects such as plants and stones

• (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will

• a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women

• the movement aimed at equal rights for women

• theory that the total organization of an organism rather than the functioning of individual organs is the determinant of life processes

• sexual pleasure obtained by inflicting harm (physical or psychological) on others

• an orienting response to warmth

• a phenomenon in ferrites where there can be incomplete cancellation of antiferromagnetic arranged spins giving a net magnetic moment

• complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness

• an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values

• an approach to politics or theology that represents a return to a traditional point of view (in contrast to more liberal or radical schools of thought of the 1960s)

• recklessness in politics or foreign affairs

• 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

• the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times

• domination of a political organization by a party boss

• dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and purplish-red

• a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)

• the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle

• an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good

• terseness of expression

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