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In literature, a tradition espousing the ideals of ancient
Greece and Rome: objectivity, emotional restraint, systematic thinking, simplicity, clarity, universality, dignity, acceptance of established social standards, promotion of the general welfare, and strict adherence to formal rules of composition. |
Classicism
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Acting in oneself’s best interests (that is, acting
selfishly) by selecting what appears to be the most beneficial of all the choices available. |
Egoism, Rational
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Belief that a person’s nature, or
biological makeup, will always cause him to act in his own self-interest. |
Psychological Egoism:
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Belief that a person will act in his own
best interests if he first thoroughly educates himself about the choices available. |
Normative Egoism:
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Ornate, high-flown style of speaking or writing.
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Euphuism
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In literature, ----- is a writing approach,
process, or technique in which a writer depicts a character’s feelings about a subject (or the writer’s own feelings about it) rather than the objective surface reality of the subject. |
Expressionism
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Unintentional use of an inappropriate word similar in sound
to the appropriate word, often with humorous effect. |
Malapropism
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In literature, an extreme form of realism that developed in
France in the 19th Century, inspired in part by the scientific determinism of Charles Darwin, an Englishman, and the economic determinism of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, both Germans. |
Naturalism
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Word or phrase–or a new meaning for an existing word or
phrase–that is accepted into a dictionary. |
Neologism
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Nihilism (a term derived from the Latin word nihil, meaning
nothing) is a philosophy that calls for the destruction of existing traditions, customs, beliefs, and institutions and requires its adherents to reject all values, including religious and aesthetic principles, in favor of belief in nothing. |
Nihilism
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In literature, a movement that stressed the presentation of
life as it is, without embellishment or idealization. However, it was not as extreme in this presentation as Naturalism. |
Realism
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In literature, a movement that championed imagination and
emotions as more powerful than reason and systematic thinking. |
Romanticism
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Slip of the tongue in which a speaker transposes the
letters of words. Pee little thrigs is a ---- for three little pigs. |
Spoonerism
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Belief that every human being has inborn knowledge that
enables him to recognize and understand moral truth without benefit of knowledge obtained through the physical senses. |
Transcendentalism
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Short, often witty statement presenting an observation or a
universal truth; an adage. |
Aphorism
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