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villainy collapse: a treacherous or vicious act; the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior

positivism collapse: the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)

immorality collapse: the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"

rationalism collapse: the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct; (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience; the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth

cult collapse: a system of religious beliefs and rituals; "devoted to the cultus of the Blessed Virgin"; adherents of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices

catechism collapse: an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers; a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views

behaviorism collapse: an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior

fortitude collapse: strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

Pyrrhic victory collapse: a victory that is won by incurring terrible losses

Marxism collapse: the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will ultimately be superseded by communism

teaching collapse: the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession"; a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"

morality collapse: concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

materialism collapse: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality; a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

naturalism collapse: (philosophy) the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms without recourse to spiritual or supernatural explanations; an artistic movement in 19th century France; artists and writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description

animalism collapse: preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites; the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature

decency collapse: the quality of being polite and respectable; the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

integrity collapse: moral soundness; "he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business"; "they admired his scrupulous professional integrity"; an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting; "the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development"; "he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia"

sutra collapse: a rule or aphorism in Sanskrit literature or a group of aphoristic doctrinal summaries prepared for memorization

principle collapse: a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"; a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields"; a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works"; a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"; rule of personal conduct

respectful collapse: full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance"; feeling or manifesting veneration

hold forth collapse: talk at length and formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"

unpleasantness collapse: the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"; the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

school collapse: a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"; the process of being formally educated at a school; "what will you do when you finish school?"; a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish swam by"; a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of painting"; an educational institution; "the school was founded in 1900"; an educational institution's faculty and students; "the school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out for the game"; the period of instruction in a school; the time period when schools is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would walk home together"; swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of schooling fish was attracted to the bait"; educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled at great cost to their parents in private institutions"

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