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authoritarianism
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n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism,
authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy,
one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism,
totalitarianism, tyranny]
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egalitarianism
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n 1: the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the
desirability of political and economic and social equality
[syn: egalitarianism, equalitarianism]
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sectarianism
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n 1: a narrow-minded adherence to a particular sect or party or
denomination; "he condemned religious sectarianism" [syn:
sectarianism, denominationalism]
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totalitarianism
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n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism,
authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy,
one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism,
totalitarianism, tyranny]
2: the principle of complete and unrestricted power in
government [syn: absolutism, totalitarianism, totalism]
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utopianism
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n 1: the political orientation of a Utopian who believes in
impossibly idealistic schemes of social perfection
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valetudinarianism
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n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, debility,
feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism]
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vegetarianism
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n 1: a diet excluding all meat and fish
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volcanism
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n 1: the phenomena associated with volcanic activity
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cretinism
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n 1: severe hypothyroidism resulting in physical and mental
stunting
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daltonism
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n 1: dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to green
light resulting in an inability to distinguish green and
purplish-red [syn: deuteranopia, Daltonism, green-
blindness]
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platonism
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n 1: (philosophy) the philosophical doctrine that abstract
concepts exist independent of their names [syn:
Platonism, realism]
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satanism
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n 1: a belief in and reverence for devils (especially Satan)
[syn: diabolism, demonism, Satanism]
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actinism
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n 1: the property of radiation that enables it to produce
photochemical effects
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alienism
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n 1: an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental
illness
2: the quality of being alien [syn: alienage, alienism]
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byzantinism
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n 1: the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in
ecclesiastical matters [syn: Erastianism, Byzantinism,
Caesaropapism]
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germanism
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n 1: a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens
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hellenism
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n 1: the principles and ideals associated with classical Greek
civilization
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leninism
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n 1: the political and economic theories of Lenin which provided
the guiding doctrine of the Soviet Union; the modification
of Marxism by Lenin stressed that imperialism is the
highest form of capitalism (which shifts the struggle from
developed to underdeveloped countries) [syn: Leninism,
Marxism-Leninism]
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melanism
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n 1: a condition characterized by abnormal deposits of melanin
(especially in the skin) [syn: melanosis, melanism]
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onanism
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n 1: manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or
another) for sexual pleasure [syn: masturbation,
onanism]
2: a method of birth control in which coitus is initiated but
the penis is deliberately withdrawn before ejaculation [syn:
coitus interruptus, withdrawal method, withdrawal,
pulling out, onanism]
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puritanism
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n 1: the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most
of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of
England of its Catholic aspects)
2: strictness and austerity in conduct and religion
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romanism
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n 1: the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in
Rome [syn: Romanism, Roman Catholicism, papism]
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saturnism
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n 1: toxic condition produced by the absorption of excessive
lead into the system [syn: lead poisoning, plumbism,
saturnism]
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stalinism
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n 1: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute
dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or
opposition etc.) [syn: dictatorship, absolutism,
authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, monocracy,
one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism,
totalitarianism, tyranny]
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arianism
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n 1: heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the
radical primacy of the Father over the Son [ant:
Athanasianism]
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agrarianism
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peronism
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prochronism
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pyrrhonism
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rabbinism
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