Word Meanings - LEVELISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society.
Related words: (words related to LEVELISM)
- LEVELER
1. One who, or that which, levels. 2. One who would remove social inequalities or distinctions; a socialist. - SOCIETY
1. The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company. "Her loved society." Milton. There is society where none intrudes By the deep sea, and music in its roar. Byron. 2. Connection; participation; - ENDEAVORER
One who makes an effort or attempt. - ENDEAVORMENT
Act of endeavoring; endeavor. Spenser. - ENDEAVOR
To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt. It is our duty to endeavor the recovery of these beneficial subjects. Ld. Chatham. To endeavor one's self, - LEVEL
libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. Librate, 1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is - LEVELISM
The disposition or endeavor to level all distinctions of rank in society. - LEVELLY
In an even or level manner. - LEVELNESS
The state or quality of being level. - DISPOSITIONAL
Pertaining to disposition. - DISPOSITION
1. The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will. Who have received the law by the disposition of angels. Acts vii. 53. The disposition of the work, - LEVELING
The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding - DISPOSITIONED
Having a disposition; -- used in compounds; as, well- dispositioned. - SEA LEVEL
The level of the surface of the sea; any surface on the same level with the sea. - BENEFIT SOCIETY
A society or association formed for mutual insurance, as among tradesmen or in labor unions, to provide for relief in sickness, old age, and for the expenses of burial. Usually called friendly society in Great Britain. - WATER LEVEL
1. The level formed by the surface of still water. 2. A kind of leveling instrument. See under Level, n. - INDISPOSITION
1. The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine. A general indisposition towards believing. Atterbury. 2. A slight disorder or illness. Rather as an indisposition in health than as - PREDISPOSITION
1. The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger. 2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, - AIR LEVEL
Spirit level. See Level. - MISDISPOSITION
Erroneous disposal or application. Bp. Hall.