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truth collapse: a fact that has been verified; "at last he knew the truth"; "the truth is that he didn't want to do it"; a true statement; "he told the truth"; "he thought of answering with the truth but he knew they wouldn't believe it"; United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883); conformity to reality or actuality; "they debated the truth of the proposition"; "the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat"; "he was famous for the truth of his portraits"; "he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities"

random sample collapse: a sample grabbed at random; a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected

convention collapse: the act of convening; something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors"; (diplomacy) an international agreement; a large formal assembly; "political convention"

precept collapse

men collapse

Everyman collapse: the ordinary person

captain collapse: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers; the pilot in charge of an airship; the naval officer in command of a military ship; a policeman in charge of a precinct; an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant; the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"; be the captain of a sports team

concurrence collapse: acting together as of agents or circumstances or events; the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable"; agreement of results or opinions; a state of cooperation

happenstance collapse

populace collapse: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

crusade collapse: any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims; go on a crusade; fight a holy war; exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate"

psychopathy collapse

luck collapse: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"; an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome; "it was my good luck to be there"; "they say luck is a lady"; "it was as if fortune guided his hand"

guiding light collapse

overall collapse: (usually plural) work clothing consisting of denim trousers (usually with a bib and shoulder straps); a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work; involving only main features; "the overall pattern of his life"; including everything; "the overall cost"; "the total amount owed"

hap collapse: an accidental happening; "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

gentry collapse: the most powerful members of a society

seminar collapse: a course offered for a small group of advanced students; any meeting for an exchange of ideas

elective collapse: subject to popular election; "elective official"; not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study"

etiology collapse: the philosophical study of causation; the cause of a disease

incertitude collapse

dogma collapse: a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative; "he believed all the Marxist dogma"; a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

unison collapse: (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves; "singing in unison"; occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison"; corresponding exactly; "marching in unison"

polity collapse: shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; "we was innocent of stratagems and polity"; a politically organized unit

guiding star collapse

SEC collapse: (of champagne) moderately dry

psychosis collapse: any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

general collapse: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"; a general officer of the highest rank; the head of a religious order or congregation; prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent"; not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge"; applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"; of national scope; "a general election"; affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms"; somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise"; command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"

generic collapse: any product that can be sold without a brand name; a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape; applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"; (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"; relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name"

lifeblood collapse: an essential or life-giving force; "water is the lifeblood of India"; the blood considered as the seat of vitality

mainspring collapse: the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism

body politic collapse

marshal collapse: a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law; (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank; arrange in logical order; "marshal facts or arguments"; place in proper rank; "marshal the troops"; lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

common man collapse

proposition collapse: a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"; (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false; an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors); suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"

quiddity collapse: the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other

man in the street collapse

rule collapse: measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths; a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation"; (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"; any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St. Dominic"; prescribed guide for conduct or action; directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted; "he knew the rules of chess"; (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice; the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth"; keep in check; "rule one's temper"; decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"; decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"; mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins"; have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac

welcome collapse: a greeting or reception; "the proposal got a warm welcome"; the state of being welcome; "don't outstay your welcome"; giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted; "a welcome relief"; "a welcome guest"; "made the children feel welcome"; "you are welcome to join us"; bid welcome to; greet upon arrival; receive someone, as into one's house; accept gladly; "I welcome your proposals"

epicureanism collapse: a doctrine of hedonism that was defended by several ancient Greek philosophers

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