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| absolutism |
the principle or practice of absolute, unrestrained governmental power. |
| adherence |
steady or faithful attachment or devotion, as to a person, party, or principle; faithfulness; fidelity. [1/2 definitions] |
| adherent |
one who supports or follows a person, party, principle, or the like (usu. fol. by "of"). [1/3 definitions] |
| adhesion |
attachment, esp. to a principle or cause; loyalty; adherence. [1/4 definitions] |
| adoption |
the act or condition of choosing, accepting, taking on, or agreeing to a law, principle, recommendation, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| ahimsa |
(Sanskrit) the principle of nonviolence based on the belief in the sacredness of all living creatures, as held by Buddhists, Hindus, and others. |
| anima |
the principle of life; inner self; consciousness. |
| animism |
the doctrine that the soul is the essential principle animating the universe. [1/3 definitions] |
| antagonism |
an opposing force, attitude, or principle. [1/2 definitions] |
| axiom |
an obvious or generally accepted principle. [1/2 definitions] |
| basis |
a particular system, mode of operation, standard, or guiding principle that underlies the way something else is established, decided on, or managed. [1/3 definitions] |
| bastion |
something that acts as a safeguard for a principle or idea. [1/3 definitions] |
| biogenesis |
the principle that living organisms are generated only by other living organisms. [1/2 definitions] |
| blood |
the life principle. [1/7 definitions] |
| canon1 |
a generally or universally accepted standard, principle, or criterion, or a set of these. [1/5 definitions] |
| causality |
the principle that everything that exists or happens has a cause. [1/3 definitions] |
| cause |
a principle or goal that one serves by action. [1/5 definitions] |
| caveat emptor |
the principle that one who buys something does so at his or her own risk. |
| centralism |
a system or principle of organization, esp. of government, in which power is assigned to a central authority. |
| chi-square |
a statistical method that determines to what degree the differences between expected data and data actually derived can be ascribed to chance, rather than to some general cause or principle. |
| chitin |
a substance that is the principle component of the shells of crustaceans and the exoskeletons of arthropods. |
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