3K+ Words That Rhyme With HIGHBROWISM

• a Chinese sect claiming to follow the teaching of Lao-tzu but incorporating pantheism and sorcery in addition to Taoism

• religion adhering to the teaching of Lao-tzu

• popular Chinese philosophical system based in teachings of Lao-tzu but characterized by a pantheism of many gods and the practices of alchemy and divination and magic

• philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events

• the quality of being individual

• a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

• the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs

• newspapers and magazines collectively

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

• 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

• philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events

• (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

• 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

• doubt about the truth of something

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

• the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other

• the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination

• the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals

• a brutal barbarous savage act

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

• the branch of science that studies magnetism

• 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

• willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

• a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

• a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society

• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• a written evaluation of a work of literature

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

• impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

• elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

• 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

• an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

• move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• come to pass; arrive, as in due course

• reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position

• to be the product or result

• be found or available

• come forth

• be a native of

• extend or reach

• exist or occur in a certain point in a series

• cover a certain distance

• come under, be classified or included

• happen as a result

• add up in number or quantity

• to measure up to in kind or quality

• be received

• come to one's mind; suggest itself

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

• proceed or get along

• experience orgasm

• have a certain priority

• mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)

• a short pithy instructive saying

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

• acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

• the system of religion and philosophy taught by the Druids and their rites and ceremonies

• the doctrine that reality consists of two basic opposing elements, often taken to be mind and matter (or mind and body), or good and evil

• the social system that developed in Europe in the 8th century; vassals were protected by lords who they had to serve in war

• the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications

• the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms

• an artistic movement in Italy around 1910 that tried to express the energy and values of the machine age

• the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future

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

• a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual

• an art style in late 16th century Europe characterized by spatial incongruity and excessive elongation of the human figures.

• a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

• rowdy behavior

• the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge

• an indifference to pleasure or pain

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

• deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

• the practice of adopting the clothes or the manner or the sexual role of the opposite sex

• an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source

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

• The belief that the centralization of power in a state (sovereign polity) is the ideal or best way to organize humanity.

• a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

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

• dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government.

• the doctrine of an absolute being, often related to idealism in philosophy.

• a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal

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

• (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

• any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth