n
Alternative form of agapism [Belief in selfless, charitable brotherly love.]
adj
(sometimes postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
n
(chiefly dated) Used as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.
n
A materialistic person who affects an anti-materialistic persona.
n
A fondness for ceremony, especially in religion; ritualism.
n
Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.
n
One who engages in confusionism.
n
One who gets positive pleasure from belief and pain from doubt; one who collects beliefs not for utility but for glitter and for whom, once he or she has embraced a belief, it takes something more than mere disproof to make to let go.
n
A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been falsely idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.
n
The superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite.
n
a learned or scholarly person
n
Alternative form of godness [The state, quality, or condition of a god; divinity]
adj
Of or relating to idolism; idolatrous.
adj
Employing, or characteristic of, inkhorn terms; pedantically scholarly.
n
A fad or ideology that is adopted unquestioningly, ignoring its hidden dangers or disadvantages.
adv
In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
n
(figuratively) Anyone who lays stress on a rigid adherence to the details of discipline, or to forms and fixed methods or rules.
n
The claim that something good will turn up, especially when used to justify optimism.
adv
(rare) In a militaric manner; militarily.
n
belief in religious miracles
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of neuter. [(now uncommon) Neutral; on neither side; neither one thing nor another.]
n
A person who seeks to prevent or hinder enquiry and the advancement of knowledge or wisdom; an agent of endarkenment.
n
The appropriation by a subculture of occult themes (New Age, etc.) in opposition to the dominant culture.
adj
(obsolete) Omniscient; all-knowing.
n
Obsolete spelling of pedantry [An excessive attention to detail or rules.]
n
(nonstandard) Pedantry; pedanticness.
n
A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
adj
Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
n
The quality of being pedantical.
v
(intransitive) To be a pedant.
adj
Obsolete form of pedantic. [Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.]
n
(rare) Synonym of pedantry.
n
(rare) Behaving or acting in the manner of a pedant.
n
(obsolete) An assembly or clique of pedants.
n
(chiefly Christianity) The quality of being pharisaical.
adj
Self-righteous; pharisaical.
n
A conformist person, especially one who lacks personality or originality
adv
(uncommon) In a policing manner; in a way that polices.
n
Persistent irrational optimism.
n
A person who is popular, especially at a school.
n
(rare) One who prays mechanically, without true devotion.
n
Obsolete spelling of pedant [A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.]
n
Obsolete spelling of pedantry [An excessive attention to detail or rules.]
n
The property of being a Quaker.
n
(archaic) One who strictly adheres to official formalities.
n
Alternative form of rigorism [strictness (in interpreting or enforcing a rule)]
n
An obsession with keeping people safe from perceived threats.
adj
Characterized by excessive subtlety, or needlessly minute subdivisions; pedantic; formal.
n
A person obstinate or zealous about such correctness; a pedant.
adj
Of a critic, giving opinions on something beyond his or her knowledge (expertise).
adj
Of, pertaining to or characteristic of a vigilante.
n
(now historical) An expert in virtù or art objects and antiquities; a connoisseur.
n
The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
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