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education collapse: the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university); the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded"; the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior); "a woman of breeding and refinement"; the gradual process of acquiring knowledge; "education is a preparation for life"; "a girl's education was less important than a boy's"; knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education"

avarice collapse: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins); extreme greed for material wealth

sobriety collapse: abstaining from excess; moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs

melancholia collapse: extreme depression characterized by tearful sadness and irrational fears

retardation collapse: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities; the extent to which something is delayed or held back

maladjustment collapse: the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability

opinion collapse: the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself); a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"; the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"; a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"

abnormality collapse: behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality; marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal; retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence; an abnormal condition

aberration collapse: an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image; a disorder in one's mental state

nihilism collapse: a revolutionary doctrine that advocates destruction of the social system for its own sake; complete denial of all established authority and institutions

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

individualism collapse: the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs; a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

apprehension collapse: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"; painful expectation; fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

self-absorption collapse: preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else

schizoid collapse: marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships; of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia

talent collapse: a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

notion collapse: (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items; "buttons and needles are notions"; a general inclusive concept; an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"

alienation collapse: the action of alienating; the action of causing to become unfriendly; "his behavior alienated the other students"; (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership"; the feeling of being alienated from other people; separation resulting from hostility

prodigy collapse: an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor"; an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy"

theory collapse: a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"; a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"

greed collapse: excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

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