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Word Meanings - SUBJECTIVISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any philosophical doctrine which refers all knowledge to, and founds it upon, any subjective states; egoism.

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  • STATESMANLIKE
    Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • EGOISM
    The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for. 2. Excessive love and thought of self; the habit
  • SUBJECTIVE
    Modified by, or making prominent, the individuality of a writer or an artist; as, a subjective drama or painting; a subjective writer. Syn. -- See Objective. Subjective sensation , one of the sensations occurring when stimuli due to internal causes
  • STATESWOMAN
    A woman concerned in public affairs. A rare stateswoman; I admire her bearing. B. Jonson.
  • STATESMANLY
    Becoming a statesman.
  • STATESMAN
    1. A man versed in public affairs and in the principles and art of government; especially, one eminent for political abilities. The minds of some of our statesmen, like the pupil of the human eye, contract themselves the more, the stronger light
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • STATES-GENERAL
    1. In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty. 2. In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
  • STATESMANSHIP
    The qualifications, duties, or employments of a statesman.
  • DOCTRINE
    1. Teaching; instruction. He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken. Mark iv. 2. 2. That which is taught; what is held, put forth as true, and supported by a teacher, a school, or a sect; a principle or
  • KNOWLEDGE
    The last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icel. leikr game, play, sport, akin to AS. lac, 1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance;
  • PREKNOWLEDGE
    Prior knowledge.
  • ACKNOWLEDGE
    1. To of or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. 2. To own
  • UNKNOWLEDGED
    Not acknowledged or recognized. For which bounty to us lent Of him unknowledged or unsent. B. Jonson.
  • ACKNOWLEDGER
    One who acknowledges.
  • FOREKNOWLEDGE
    Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.
  • DISACKNOWLEDGE
    To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. South.
  • PHILOSOPHIC; PHILOSOPHICAL
    Of or pertaining to philosophy; versed in, or imbued with, the principles of philosophy; hence, characterizing a philosopher; rational; wise; temperate; calm; cool. -- Phil`o*soph"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • SELF-KNOWLEDGE
    Knowledge of one's self, or of one's own character, powers, limitations, etc.
  • INTERKNOWLEDGE
    Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. Bacon.

 

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