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| acceptance |
the act of adopting a belief, doctrine, or theory. [1/4 definitions] |
| aesthetic |
an aesthetic theory, system, or point of view. [1/3 definitions] |
| anarchism |
a theory that advocates the abolition of all forms of government as a necessary step towards achieving political and social liberty. [1/2 definitions] |
| animalism |
the theory that human beings are merely animals without spiritual qualities. [1/2 definitions] |
| a posteriori |
based on experience or observation, rather than on theory or hypothesis. [1/2 definitions] |
| a priori |
based on hypothesis, theory, fixed rules, or established forms rather than on experience or experiment. [1/3 definitions] |
| arithmetic |
the simplest form of mathematics consisting of the theory and computation of whole numbers, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, evolution, and involution. [1/3 definitions] |
| atomic theory |
a former theory that all material objects and substances are composed of irreducible units of matter. [1/2 definitions] |
| atomism |
a theory that all matter is composed of small, indivisible particles called atoms, which in modern form is called atomic theory. [2 definitions] |
| back up |
to support (a claim or theory), or support (a person) in his or her claim. [1/8 definitions] |
| be on to |
to have an accurate suspicion, theory, or prediction about something. [1/2 definitions] |
| big bang theory |
the theory that the universe originated at a fixed point billions of years ago in a cosmic explosion of a mass of hydrogen atoms, and that it has been expanding ever since. (Cf. steady state theory.) |
| bourgeois |
in Marxist theory, a member of the capitalist class, opposed to the proletariat in the class struggle. [1/6 definitions] |
| bourgeoisie |
in Marxist theory, the capitalist class opposing the proletariat in the class struggle. [1/2 definitions] |
| chromodynamics |
in particle physics, the theory of the strong interaction between quarks and gluons, fundamental particles that form hadrons such as the proton and neutron. |
| class struggle |
in Marxist theory, the constant contention for economic and political power that goes on between the owners of the means of production, or capitalists, and the workers. |
| clinical |
of or related to direct observation and treatment of patients, as opposed to theory or laboratory research. [1/3 definitions] |
| clinician |
a doctor who studies or practices medicine by direct observation and treatment, as opposed to theory or laboratory research. |
| communalism |
a theory or system of government in which local communities or communes have virtual autonomy within a loose federation. [1/2 definitions] |
| communism |
the theory of a classless social system in which all property and means of production are owned in common; socialist theory deriving from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. [1/3 definitions] |
| continental drift |
the theory that the earth's continents shift their positions because of currents in the molten magma of the earth's mantle. |
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