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maxim collapse: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits; English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

browse collapse: the act of feeding by continual nibbling; reading superficially or at random; eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"

thumb through collapse

dip into collapse: read selectively; read only certain passages from a text

empiricism collapse: the application of empirical methods in any art or science; (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

trial and error collapse: experimenting until a solution is found

be in collapse

thumb collapse: the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb; the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb

hit the high spots collapse

testing collapse: the act of subjecting to experimental test in order to determine how well something works; "they agreed to end the testing of atomic weapons"; an examination of the characteristics of something; "there are laboratories for commercial testing"; "it involved testing thousands of children for smallpox"

predominate collapse: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"

tenet collapse

commandment collapse: something that is commanded

guiding principle collapse

monarchy collapse: an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

autarchy collapse

overrule collapse: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

pragmatism collapse: (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value

adding machine collapse: a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions

mitzvah collapse: (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty; (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law

gnome collapse: a short pithy saying expressing a general truth; a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure

police state collapse: a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)

theocracy collapse: the belief in government by divine guidance; a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

feudal system collapse

golden rule collapse: a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount; "Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Matthew 7:12); any important rule; "the golden rule of teaching is to be clear"

dominate collapse: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"; be in control; "Her husband completely dominates her"; look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

despotism collapse

syllogism collapse: deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

home rule collapse: self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

garrison state collapse

Lilliputian collapse: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift; a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian); tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"

disallow collapse

tyranny collapse

truism collapse: an obvious truth

exclude collapse: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"; prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"; lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"

autonomy collapse: immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence; personal independence

democracy collapse: the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives; a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

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