3K+ Words That Rhyme With PUGILISM

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

• a reappearance of an earlier characteristic

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

• willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

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

• a genetic abnormality resulting in short stature

• 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

• 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

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

• an obvious truth

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

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

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

• an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself

• a political theory advocating state ownership of industry

• an economic system based on state ownership of capital

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

• (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

• an economic system based on private ownership of capital

• a cynical feeling of distrust

• acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

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

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

• the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well

• a general disposition to expect the best in all things

• the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite

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

• an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions

• fanatical patriotism

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

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

• newspapers and magazines collectively

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

• habitual absence from work

• belief in a single God

• inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

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

• given or giving freely

• belief in multiple Gods

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

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

• the branch of science that studies magnetism

• 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

• exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal

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

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

• any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues

• a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint

• 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

• the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others