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1. any system of doctrines concerning last, or final, matters, as death, the Judgment, the future state, etc.
2. the branch of theology dealing with such matters. |
eschatology
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to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid
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eschew
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1. Sociology. the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.
2. a tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one's own. |
ethnocentric
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1. Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period: In the Greek ~ the individual was highly valued.
2. the character or disposition of a community, group, person, etc. 3. the moral element in dramatic literature that determines a character's action rather than his or her thought or emotion. |
ethos
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developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light
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etiolated
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1. Pathology. a. the study of the causes of diseases.
b. the cause or origin of a disease. 2. the study of causation. 3. any study of causes, causation, or causality, as in philosophy, biology, or physics. |
etiology
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the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, esp. by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative ~) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive ~).
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eugenics
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1. to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally
2. to strip off or remove the skin from |
excoriate
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to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.
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exculpate
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scanty; meager; small; slender
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exiguous
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1. to remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate.
2. to pull up by or as if by the roots; root up |
extirpate
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1. a person who invents or relates fables.
2. a liar. |
fabulist
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pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish.
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febrile
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1. ineffective; incompetent; futile
2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy. |
feckless
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1. existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
2. having reverted to the wild state, as from domestication 3. of or characteristic of wild animals; ferocious; brutal. |
feral
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having an offensive odor; stinking.
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fetid
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1. British Dialect. doomed; fated to die.
2. Chiefly Scot.. appearing to be under a spell; marked by an apprehension of death, calamity, or evil. 3. supernatural; unreal; enchanted 4. being in unnaturally high spirits, as were formerly thought to precede death. 5. whimsical; strange; otherworldly |
fey
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a man who is excessively vain and concerned about his dress, appearance, and manners.
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fop
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1. refractory or unruly
2. readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome |
fractious
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shining brightly; dazzling; resplendent
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fulgent
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