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A foreignism, a word (or trait, etc) from another language (or country, etc).
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The quality of having positive intergroup attitudes, i.e., positive attitudes towards outgroup members, those with characteristics different from one's own, such as people of different races, religions, cultures, etc.
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The quality of being coethnic.
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The moral sense of right and wrong, chiefly as it affects a person’s own behaviour and forms their attitude to their past actions.
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Synonym of conspiracy theory
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The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.
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(philosophy, of a mental act) Passing forth into a physical act, or making itself apparent by an effect. Compare immanent.
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Based only on actual evidence, rather than tradition etc.
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(linguistics) Relating to part of a clause that indicates existence, e.g. "there is".
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The use of the name for a group or geographic region by outsiders, as opposed to that by its members or inhabitants.
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A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.
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Pertaining to or founded on experiment.
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The design of all information-gathering exercises where variation is present, whether under the full control of the experimenter or not.
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An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts
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One who performs experiments
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(obsolete) One who relies on experiment or experience.
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Of, or related to experimentation.
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experimental; of the nature of experiment
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(archaic) An experimenter.
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Someone who is subjected to an experiment.
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With regard to experiments
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(philosophy) Of or relating to factiality.
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A trait, custom, phrase or characteristic typical of a foreign country or language.
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A set of assumptions, ideas and standards that form a viewpoint from which philosophical, religious and other ideas may be evaluated.
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Of or pertaining to frequentism.
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To gather information by direct observation rather than inference.
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(engineering, by extension) Experience-based methods used to reduce the need for calculations pertaining to equipment size, performance, or operating conditions.
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In a historic manner; with reference to history or the historical record.
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(philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
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(linguistics, countable) An instance or example of hyperforeignism.
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Characteristic of hyperglobalism
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One who proposes or supports a hypothesis.
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A policy of (especially social or cultural) integration.
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According to some worldviews, a oneness in all things, with no true separation deeper than appearances.
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(countable, derogatory) A cluster of assertions, publications, and experts that have the appearance, but not the actuality, of a scientific specialty.
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Relating to the acquisition of knowledge
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(sociology) A group of people seen as distinct who are subordinated and discriminated against in a society.
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Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.
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A belief system, person, etc. serving as a guide for morally appropriate behaviour.
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(US) Alternative spelling of moral fibre [(UK) The inner strength to do what one believes to be right; often an ability to make difficult decisions.]
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A body of unwritten social mores and conventions which serve to maintain societal order.
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A semi-spontaneous or media-generated mass movement based on the perception that an individual, group, community, or culture is dangerously deviant and poses a menace to society; a public outcry.
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(uncountable, often derogatory) The act or practice of moralizing (making moral reflections or judging the morality of others).
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(derogatory) One who bases all decisions on perceived morals, especially one who enforces them with censorship.
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(countable) A morality play.
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Obsolete spelling of moral [Of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behaviour, especially for teaching right behaviour.]
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A set of moral norms or customs derived from generally accepted practices rather than written laws.
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(cultural anthropology) The loss of cultural complexity due to environmental factors and forms of social interaction.
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(countable, singularity theory) A situation where a small variation of parameters leads to a sudden change in properties.
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A set of precepts that one individual tries to observe in daily life. For example, precepts of preserving human life, speaking truthfully, or being nice to people.
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An artistic representation of an abstract quality as a human
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The quality of being postcolonial.
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A person concerned with action or practice, as opposed to one concerned with theory.
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Relating to, or based on, practice or action rather than theory or hypothesis.
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Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
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Practical, concerned with making decisions and actions that are useful in practice, not just theory.
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To focus on the material or practical.
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The practical application of any branch of learning.
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The quality of being precolonial.
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(philosophy, ontology) That which is actual, as opposed to our concepts or apprehension of the world.
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The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization.
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A rigid adherence to established procedures.
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Alternative spelling of pseudoscience [Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method.]
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Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science but which fails to comply with the scientific method.
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(law) Synonym of purposive approach
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(medicine) Describing a trial in which the assignment to a group is based upon an experimental condition
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An area of inquiry that makes use of some of the methods of science, but which fails to be a true science.
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The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination.
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(religion) A formal division or split within a religious body.
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(informal) Apparently, but not necessarily, scientific; having the trappings of science.
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The quality or state of being scientific.
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(rare) Shared behavior of a group.
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(countable) An intentional fallacy.
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The Ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, and self-control.
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The practices and underlying assumptions dictating how the members of a given society or culture think.
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(philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
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The quality of being tribal.
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An idealized or fictional conception of a particular period of time, especially in the past.
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To speak in a philosophical way.
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A word used in utterances of a language but generally marked as foreign.
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The use of a true fact to lead a scientifically and mathematically ignorant public to a false conclusion.
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