3K+ Words That Rhyme With TAOISM

• (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

• acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

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

• habitual absence from work

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

• belief in a single God

• a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

• discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex

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

• 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

• any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies

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

• fighting with the fists

• an obvious truth

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

• belief in multiple Gods

• an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions

• fanatical patriotism

• 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

• 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

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

• exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal

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

• 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

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

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

• 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 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

• a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

• division of a group into opposing factions

• the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences

• a sudden violent change in the earth's surface

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• 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

• 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

• newspapers and magazines collectively

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

• 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 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

• (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare is the basis of morality

• concern for your own interests and welfare