3K+ Words That Rhyme With MODALISM

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

• the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

• 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

• (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

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

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

• the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals

• the organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life

• a system of symbols and symbolic representations

• the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

• an artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images

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

• a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature

• an insertion into a calendar

• occlusion of a blood vessel by an embolus (a loose clot or air bubble or other particle)

• any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

• 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

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

• an obvious truth

• the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle

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

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

• 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.)

• (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)

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

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

• newspapers and magazines collectively

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

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

• favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power (as by giving them jobs)

• 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

• 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

• a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces (the bases) and whose lateral faces are parallelograms

• optical device having a triangular shape and made of glass or quartz; used to deviate a beam or invert an image

• 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

• 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

• exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal

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

• fighting with the fists

• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• a written evaluation of a work of literature

• the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism

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

• the state of being actual or real

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that physical objects continue to exist when not perceived

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

• (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract concepts exist independent of their names

• a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

• an economic system based on state ownership of capital

• 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

• the state of living together in tribes

• the beliefs of a tribal society

• habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms

• an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

• a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views

• an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers

• exploitation by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

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

• a submissive mental attitude resulting from acceptance of the doctrine that everything that happens is predetermined and inevitable

• a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

• the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units

• the act of inducing hypnosis

• a policy of extending your rule over foreign countries

• a political orientation that advocates imperial interests

• any instance of aggressive extension of authority