# Abstract Ideas **Type:** Topic **Words:** 459 ## About Truth, freedom, meaning, values, and the vocabulary of thought. ## Words by Level ### A1 - idea — A thought or suggestion about what to do.; frequency rank 285 - point — An idea or fact that someone wants to express in an argument or discussion.; frequency rank 408 - important — Having great value or meaning; mattering a lot.; frequency rank 430 ### A2 - truth — The real facts about something, rather than what is imagined or invented.; frequency rank 468 - sake — The benefit, good, or advantage of someone or something.; frequency rank 1005 - empty — Containing nothing or no one; frequency rank 1285 - beauty — The quality of being very pleasing to look at or experience.; frequency rank 1341 - freedom — The state of being free and able to do what you want.; frequency rank 1480 - meaning — What a word, sign, or action expresses or stands for.; frequency rank 1597 - purpose — The reason why something is done or made.; frequency rank 1672 - value — How much something is worth in money.; frequency rank 2188 - ability — the fact of being able to do something; frequency rank 2673 - useful — Helpful or able to be used for a practical purpose.; frequency rank 2689 - symbol — A thing that stands for or represents an idea, quality, or feeling.; frequency rank 3910 - wisdom — The ability to make good decisions using knowledge and experience.; frequency rank 4060 - ideal — The best possible; perfect for a particular purpose.; frequency rank 4426 ### B1 - reality — The way things really are, as opposed to how they are imagined or hoped to be.; frequency rank 1829 - useless — Not useful; having no practical value or purpose.; frequency rank 2043 - advance — To move forward, or to make progress in a positive way.; frequency rank 2728 - teaching — The job or activity of giving lessons to students.; frequency rank 2731 - impression — The effect or feeling that someone or something leaves in your mind.; frequency rank 2907 - existence — The fact or state of being real or present.; frequency rank 3381 - intention — what you plan or mean to do.; frequency rank 3725 - abandon — to leave a person or place forever, especially someone who needs you; frequency rank 4007 - concept — an abstract idea or general notion; frequency rank 4015 - foundation — The solid structure built underground that supports a building.; frequency rank 4036 - basis — The main idea or fact that something is built on or developed from.; frequency rank 4083 - misunderstanding — A failure to understand something correctly; a mistaken idea about its meaning.; frequency rank 4379 - specifically — In a clear and exact way, naming one particular thing.; frequency rank 4424 - accidentally — By chance and not on purpose.; frequency rank 4935 - principle — A basic truth or rule that explains how something works or guides how you act.; frequency rank 4997 - philosophy — The study of ideas about life, knowledge, truth, and the meaning of existence.; frequency rank 5163 - logic — A sensible way of thinking that uses clear reasons.; frequency rank 5539 - essence — The most basic and important quality that makes something what it is.; frequency rank 6577 - notion — An idea or belief about something.; frequency rank 6891 - inquiry — A question or request for information.; frequency rank 7437 - phenomenon — Something that happens or exists and can be seen, especially something studied or noticed.; frequency rank 7473 - philosopher — A person who studies or teaches ideas about life, knowledge, and the meaning of existence.; frequency rank 9499 - significance — The importance or value of something.; frequency rank 9647 - meaningful — Having real importance, value, or purpose.; frequency rank 9758 - intentionally — on purpose; deliberately.; frequency rank 10666 - superstition — A belief that is not based on reason, often involving luck, magic, or fear of the unknown.; frequency rank 12065 - construct — To build something by putting parts together.; frequency rank 12570 - mislead — To give someone a false idea or impression, often on purpose.; frequency rank 20499 - unify — To bring people or things together to form a single unit.; frequency rank 33100 - involuntarily — Without meaning to or without conscious control.; frequency rank 41016 - unaccountable — impossible to explain or account for; frequency rank 69303 ### B2 - found — To start or set up an institution, company, or organization.; frequency rank 237 - absurd — completely unreasonable or silly; ridiculous; frequency rank 4342 - conspiracy — A secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal.; frequency rank 4370 - creation — The act of making or bringing something into existence.; frequency rank 4879 - consciousness — The state of being awake and able to think and notice things.; frequency rank 5064 - illusion — A false idea or belief about something.; frequency rank 5298 - pointless — Having no purpose; not worth doing because it achieves nothing.; frequency rank 6693 - virtue — A good moral quality in a person.; frequency rank 7179 - equivalent — Equal in value, meaning, or effect.; frequency rank 8779 - morality — Beliefs and standards about what is right and wrong behavior.; frequency rank 9397 - indication — A sign that something exists, is true, or may happen.; frequency rank 9541 - necessity — Something you must have; an essential thing.; frequency rank 10096 - seldom — not often; rarely; frequency rank 10636 - competent — Having enough skill, knowledge, or ability to do something well.; frequency rank 11282 - satisfactory — Good enough for a particular purpose; acceptable.; frequency rank 12566 - faulty — Not working correctly because of a defect.; frequency rank 13906 - paradox — A statement that seems to contradict itself but may still be true.; frequency rank 14347 - interruption — something that stops an activity for a while.; frequency rank 14478 - philosophical — Relating to philosophy or the study of ideas about life and knowledge.; frequency rank 15194 - relativity — (physics) The scientific theory that space and time are not fixed but depend on the observer's motion.; frequency rank 18393 - knowingly — In a way that shows you are fully aware of what you are doing; on purpose.; frequency rank 19444 - trusty — Reliable and able to be depended on, often used jokingly of a familiar object.; frequency rank 20327 - misconception — A wrong idea or belief based on a misunderstanding.; frequency rank 26888 - adequately — enough or well enough for a particular purpose; frequency rank 28321 - availability — The fact that something can be obtained or used.; frequency rank 29319 - eloquence — The skill of speaking or writing in a powerful and persuasive way.; frequency rank 33640 - unproven — not demonstrated to be true, valid, or effective; frequency rank 39433 - humanist — A person who believes in human values and reason rather than in religion.; frequency rank 43272 - transitive — (of a verb) Needing a direct object to complete its meaning.; frequency rank 86043 - invalidity — the state of lacking legal, formal, or factual validity; frequency rank 131872 - unimportance — the state or quality of having little or no importance, influence, or consequence; frequency rank 205902 - virtual reality - starting-point — the place, time, or idea from which something begins - separability — the capacity or property of being separated ### C1 - ego — A person's sense of their own importance or value.; frequency rank 5506 - meaningless — Having no meaning or sense.; frequency rank 7069 - harassment — Repeated, deliberate behaviour that pesters, threatens, or intimidates someone.; frequency rank 8096 - commence — To begin or start.; frequency rank 9871 - suffice — to be enough for a particular purpose; frequency rank 12388 - anesthesia — loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness; frequency rank 15522 - fanatic — A person with extreme, often unreasonable enthusiasm for a cause or belief.; frequency rank 16414 - justification — A good reason or explanation that makes an action or belief seem acceptable.; frequency rank 18216 - occurrence — Something that happens; an event.; frequency rank 18904 - premise — A statement or idea that is accepted as true and used as the basis for an argument.; frequency rank 19655 - cynicism — A distrustful attitude that assumes people act only out of selfishness.; frequency rank 24649 - realist — A person who accepts situations as they truly are and deals with them in a practical way.; frequency rank 26644 - compatibility — the ability of people, ideas, or things to exist or work together without conflict; frequency rank 31429 - omission — something that has been omitted; frequency rank 31870 - commonality — a feature or quality shared by two or more people or things; frequency rank 36016 - entanglement — the state or process of becoming twisted together, trapped, or caught; frequency rank 38130 - incidence — How often something happens, especially something unwanted.; frequency rank 38409 - ornamental — Used for decoration rather than for any practical purpose.; frequency rank 40654 - pertain — to relate to or be relevant to a particular subject or situation; frequency rank 46271 - cessation — The stopping or ending of something, whether for a while or for good.; frequency rank 47533 - abstraction — A general idea formed from specific examples, rather than a concrete thing.; frequency rank 47658 - touchstone — a standard, principle, or criterion by which the quality or truth of something is tested; frequency rank 48668 - modulation — in electronics, the transmission of a signal by using it to vary a carrier wave; frequency rank 49795 - finality — the quality or state of being final, conclusive, and not open to further change; frequency rank 51112 - undercurrent — a feeling, opinion, or influence that is present but not openly expressed; frequency rank 59696 - interdependent — depending on each other; mutually reliant; frequency rank 76746 - unrealized — not yet achieved, fulfilled, or made real; frequency rank 78668 - underpinning — a foundation, support, or basic idea that holds something up; frequency rank 90069 - particularity — the quality of belonging to a specific case or individual rather than applying generally; frequency rank 111566 - meaninglessly — In a way that has no meaning or purpose.; frequency rank 139198 - mastership — the office, status, or authority of a master; frequency rank 141591 - baldly — In a plain, blunt way, without softening the meaning.; frequency rank 150283 - unsought — not desired; frequency rank 154834 - typify — to be a characteristic example of a person, thing, quality, or class; frequency rank 169650 - self-contradictory — containing claims or ideas that contradict one another; frequency rank 172311 - materiality — the quality of having physical or material existence; frequency rank 174650 - discordance — disagreement, inconsistency, or lack of harmony between people, ideas, or facts; frequency rank 257645 - disproof — the act or process of showing that a claim, theory, or belief is false; frequency rank 478838 - applicability — the quality or degree of being relevant, suitable, or capable of being applied to a particular situation; frequency rank 489606 - inculcate — to instill an idea or habit by persistent instruction - propound — to put forward an idea or theory for consideration by others - seer — a person who is able to predict the future or has insight into future events - self-evident — clear or obvious without needing proof ### C2 - proposition — An idea, plan, or suggestion that is offered for consideration.; frequency rank 7120 - calamity — An event that causes great harm, loss, or suffering; a disaster.; frequency rank 14666 - technicality — a small or specialized rule or detail that can have an important practical consequence; frequency rank 19982 - vigilance — vigilant attentiveness; frequency rank 22976 - monstrosity — something hideous or frightful; frequency rank 23799 - sensibility — refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions; frequency rank 24952 - superfluous — More than is needed; unnecessary.; frequency rank 27027 - transcend — to go beyond the ordinary limits, range, or physical constraints of something; frequency rank 27288 - bastion — a group that defends a principle; frequency rank 28301 - testy — easily irritated or annoyed; frequency rank 30016 - futility — the quality of being pointless or incapable of producing a useful result; frequency rank 30378 - skepticism — doubt about the truth of something; frequency rank 30621 - catty — marked by or arising from malice; frequency rank 30665 - seminal — strongly influencing later ideas, work, or developments; formative and original; frequency rank 31647 - disintegration — a loss (or serious disruption) of organization in some system; frequency rank 35145 - fruition — The point at which a plan or effort is finally achieved and produces results.; frequency rank 36008 - logistic — relating to the detailed organization and movement of people, materials, or equipment; frequency rank 40076 - denote — To be a sign of something; to indicate.; frequency rank 45051 - individualism — The belief that the freedom and self-reliance of each person matter more than the group or the state.; frequency rank 45582 - pithy — concise and full of meaning; frequency rank 47337 - happenstance — A chance event; something that happens by luck rather than planning.; frequency rank 50859 - connotation — A feeling or idea that a word suggests, beyond its literal meaning.; frequency rank 51388 - schism — division of a group into opposing factions; frequency rank 51489 - reciprocity — the practice or expectation of exchanging comparable actions, help, feelings, or advantages for mutual benefit; frequency rank 56501 - pragmatism — a philosophical tradition that evaluates ideas partly through their practical consequences and role in inquiry; frequency rank 58281 - mainstay — a person or thing on which something chiefly depends for support or stability; frequency rank 58294 - convulsion — a violent disturbance; frequency rank 68255 - indiscernible — impossible or extremely difficult to perceive clearly; frequency rank 69257 - anthropomorphic — attributing human form, emotions, motives, or behavior to a god, animal, object, or natural process; frequency rank 70364 - unanimity — complete agreement among everyone involved; frequency rank 76926 - rationalist — a follower of rationalism, especially one who regards reason as a principal source of knowledge; frequency rank 76929 - oration — an instance of oratory; frequency rank 77389 - Aristotelian — relating to Aristotle, his writings, or the philosophical and logical tradition based on them; frequency rank 84018 - rationalism — in philosophy, the view that reason can provide at least some substantive knowledge independently of sensory experience, often through innate ideas or a priori reasoning; frequency rank 90775 - unshackle — to free a person, activity, or system from restrictions, restraints, or control; frequency rank 95018 - promethean — daringly creative, inventive, or defiant of accepted limits; frequency rank 95917 - ontological — relating to ontology or to the nature, categories, and conditions of being and existence; frequency rank 96128 - conglomeration — a mixed mass or collection made up of many different things or previously separate parts; frequency rank 96456 - predominance — the state of having greater power, influence, importance, or quantity than others; frequency rank 116762 - unperturbed — free from emotional agitation or nervous tension; frequency rank 119225 - formalism — strict adherence to prescribed forms, rules, or procedures, sometimes at the expense of substance; frequency rank 119298 - arcanum — a secret, mystery, or piece of knowledge known only to initiates or specialists; frequency rank 119502 - disparagement — The act of criticizing someone or something in a way that lowers their value; belittlement.; frequency rank 121069 - ostensible — Stated or appearing to be the reason or purpose, though the real one may be different.; frequency rank 128274 - evidential — serving as evidence or relating to the evidence available for a claim; frequency rank 130704 - determinist — a person who holds that events, including human actions, are determined by prior causes or conditions; frequency rank 139244 - ontology — the branch of metaphysics concerned with being, existence, and the fundamental kinds of things that exist; frequency rank 142242 - preeminence — the state of being more important, powerful, skilled, or respected than others; frequency rank 143138 - sublimity — the quality of inspiring awe through exceptional beauty, grandeur, or nobility; frequency rank 145987 - schema — an organized pattern, framework, or abstract form that can be applied to particular cases; frequency rank 146372 - plenum — a meeting attended by all members of a committee, legislature, or other body; frequency rank 148916 - individuation — the process or principle by which an individual is distinguished from other individuals or from a universal kind; frequency rank 149329 - lacuna — a gap, omission, or missing part in a text, argument, record, or body of knowledge; frequency rank 156905 - finitude — the state or quality of being finite, bounded, or limited; frequency rank 158207 - empiricist — a philosopher or thinker who holds that knowledge comes chiefly from experience and observation; frequency rank 158238 - metaphysician — a philosopher who studies or develops theories about metaphysics; frequency rank 162914 - organon — an instrument of thought or a systematic body of principles used in scientific or philosophical inquiry; frequency rank 183337 - transcendentalism — a nineteenth-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized spiritual intuition, individual conscience, and the inherent goodness of people and nature; frequency rank 195234 - evanescence — the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight; frequency rank 198988 - marketability — How easily something can be sold; its appeal to buyers.; frequency rank 202534 - unproved — not demonstrated, established, or confirmed by proof or sufficient evidence; frequency rank 222149 - refutable — capable of being disproved or shown to be false; frequency rank 226465 - conjuncture — a combination of events or circumstances, especially one creating a critical situation; frequency rank 231961 - fixity — the state of being firmly fixed in position or kept stable; frequency rank 249521 - indispensability — the quality of being absolutely necessary and impossible to do without; frequency rank 252403 - totemic — Treated as a powerful symbol that represents a group or idea.; frequency rank 257446 - heterodox — not conforming to accepted or orthodox beliefs, doctrines, or methods, especially in religion, economics, or scholarship; frequency rank 264982 - rationalistic — relating to rationalism or emphasizing reason as the primary source of knowledge; frequency rank 265280 - postulation — the act of proposing or assuming a claim, entity, or principle as a basis for reasoning; frequency rank 266842 - prurience — An excessive or unhealthy interest in sexual matters.; frequency rank 268986 - sublunary — literary: belonging to this earthly world rather than to heaven or a spiritual realm; frequency rank 283612 - antinomy — a contradiction between two principles or conclusions that each appear reasonable or justified; frequency rank 299275 - immutability — the quality of being incapable of mutation; frequency rank 301287 - impassivity — apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions; frequency rank 305118 - perfectibility — the capacity to improve progressively, especially toward moral, intellectual, or social excellence; frequency rank 305604 - anthropocentric — regarding human beings as the central or most important element of existence, especially when interpreting nature or assigning value; frequency rank 307041 - subjectivism — the doctrine that knowledge, value, or reality depends fundamentally on the experiencing subject; frequency rank 312378 - incomprehensibility — the quality of being incomprehensible; frequency rank 378985 - nonmaterial — not composed of physical matter; immaterial; frequency rank 391792 - uncontestable — not open to reasonable dispute or challenge; undeniable; frequency rank 392401 - conveniency — Convenience.; frequency rank 396644 - infinitude — the state or quality of having no limit or end; boundlessness; frequency rank 401079 - espousal — formal: the act of adopting, supporting, or becoming committed to a belief, cause, policy, or practice; frequency rank 440780 - irrevocability — The state or condition of being irrevocable; frequency rank 480912 - undistributed — not divided, allocated, or spread among recipients or locations; frequency rank 509178 - desideratum — something considered necessary or highly desirable; frequency rank 520730 - contradistinction — a distinction made by directly contrasting one thing with another; frequency rank 521555 - unembodied — not having a material body; frequency rank 523854 - monistic — relating to monism, the view that reality is ultimately one or consists of a single kind of substance; frequency rank 567513 - disembody — to separate a spirit, voice, idea, or consciousness from a physical body; frequency rank 579713 - syllogistic — relating to syllogisms or reasoning through syllogisms; frequency rank 583911 - practicability — the quality of being feasible, workable, or capable of being put into practice; frequency rank 596843 - supposable — capable of being supposed, imagined, or assumed; frequency rank 626652 - interpenetration — mutual penetration or overlapping presence within the same space or system; frequency rank 636329 - circumscription — the act of drawing a boundary around something or limiting its extent; frequency rank 663031 - monadology — a metaphysical doctrine or study of monads, especially Leibniz's theory that reality consists of simple immaterial substances; frequency rank 698112 - unextended — lacking spatial extension; not occupying measurable space; frequency rank 761023 - inexpediency — the quality of being unsuitable, unwise, or unlikely to achieve the intended result; frequency rank 816244 - substantialize — to treat an abstraction, relation, or quality as an independently existing substance or thing; frequency rank 883360 - relatum — one of the terms or entities that stand in a relation; plural relata; frequency rank 936836 - anthropocentrism — the belief or tendency to treat human beings, human interests, or human values as central or uniquely important; frequency rank 1014753 - subsumption — the act or process of including a particular case, concept, or proposition under a broader category or principle; frequency rank 1143685 - catholicity — the quality of being broad, universal, or inclusive in range or sympathies; frequency rank 1179471 - foreknowable — capable of being known in advance; frequency rank 1345719 - extensional — in logic and semantics, relating to or determined by the extension of an expression: the objects to which it applies rather than its meaning or intension; frequency rank 1377725 - aphoristic — relating to or characterized by a concise statement or principle expressing a general truth; terse and pithy - eidos — the ideal form or essence of something, especially in philosophical contexts - platonist — a follower or adherent of Plato's philosophy, emphasizing ideal forms and abstract concepts - quine — a self-replicating program or statement that outputs its own source code - metaphysic — a system or branch of metaphysical thought - self-evidence — the quality of being evident without proof - phenomenalist — a philosopher who treats physical objects as constructions from possible or actual experiences - object-matter — the object or material under consideration in an inquiry - atomism — the doctrine that matter or reality is composed of discrete, ultimately indivisible units - inexplicability — the quality or state of being impossible or very difficult to explain - inferability — the quality of being capable of being inferred or deduced from available evidence - vitalist — an adherent of vitalism, the doctrine that life cannot be explained entirely by physical and chemical processes - atomist — an adherent of atomism, especially the doctrine that matter or reality consists of indivisible elementary particles - incommensurability — the absence of a common standard by which two things can be measured, compared, or evaluated - colligation — the act of binding, joining, or connecting things together - berkeleian — relating to George Berkeley or to his philosophy of subjective idealism - predominancy — the state of having greater power, influence, importance, or quantity than others; predominance - Darapti — in traditional logic, the AAI mood of the third figure: two universal affirmative premises followed by a particular affirmative conclusion, valid only when the middle-term class is assumed to have at least one member - intensional — in logic and semantics, relating to or determined by intension: the meaning, properties, or conditions associated with an expression rather than the objects it denotes - reducibility — the property of being reducible to a simpler, more basic, or formally equivalent form - deducibility — the property of being logically derivable from stated premises, axioms, or other accepted propositions - Eleatic — relating to the ancient Greek philosophical school that held reality to be one, continuous, and unchanging - finalism — the doctrine that natural processes are directed toward ends, purposes, or final causes - interrelatedness — the state or quality of being mutually related or connected - teleology — explanation of phenomena by the ends, purposes, or goals they are said to serve - ascription — the act of attributing a quality, cause, statement, or work to a person or thing - occasionalism — philosophy: the doctrine that created things do not directly cause events but merely provide occasions on which God produces the corresponding effects - representationalism — the use or support of recognizable, realistic subjects in art - supererogatory — more than is needed, desired, or required - impassibility — the condition of being incapable of suffering, feeling, or being emotionally affected - simpliciter — philosophy and law: absolutely or without qualification, rather than only in some respect - differentia — a distinguishing feature that separates a species, class, or concept from other members of the same genus - abstractedness — the state of being absorbed in thought and inattentive to one's surroundings ### C2+ - metaphysics — the branch of philosophy studying being and reality; frequency rank 45640 - pre-Socratic — relating to Greek philosophy before Socrates or independent of his influence; frequency rank 338363 - matter-of-factness — The state or quality of being matter-of-fact; frequency rank 501484 - otiose — serving no practical purpose; futile or idle - earmark — to set aside funds or resources for a particular purpose - intentional — done on purpose; deliberate - nonsensical — having no meaning or making no sense - potentiality — latent capacity for development or achievement - abnormality — an abnormal feature, characteristic, or occurrence - entirety — the whole of something; completeness - manifestation — an event or sign that shows something clearly - ornamentation — decorative details added to something for adornment - postulate — to assume the existence of something as a basis for reasoning - booty — valuable goods seized as plunder; loot - butty — a sandwich (British, dialectal) - conformance — compliance with rules, standards, or specifications - forsooth — indeed; in truth (archaic, now often used ironically) - rendition — a performance or interpretation of something, or a translation - abnegation — the renunciation or denial of something, especially self-interest - afterlife — existence believed to follow death - devastation — severe and widespread destruction or ruin - intimacy — close familiarity or personal closeness - mannerism — a habitual and distinctive gesture or way of speaking - peculiarity — an odd or distinctive trait or characteristic - purposive — having or showing conscious purpose; deliberate - substantive — having a firm basis in reality; important and meaningful - aggravation — a worsening of something, or a source of annoyance - animadversion — a critical or censorious remark - assortment — a varied collection of different items or kinds - audacity — bold daring, often combined with impudence - dearth — a scarcity or lack of something - defunction — death; the ending of life or function - dubious — hesitating or doubting; of questionable value or truth - emergent — arising or coming into existence; newly forming or urgent - equivalence — the state of being equal in value, function, or meaning - felicity — intense happiness; an apt and pleasing manner of expression - footpath — a path for pedestrians, especially in the countryside - fulth — fullness or abundance (archaic, dialectal) - impairment — a weakening or damaging of a function, faculty, or value - incantation — a series of words said as a magic spell or charm - innocence — freedom from guilt, sin, or worldly knowledge - invaluable — extremely useful; too precious to be measured in value - moderation — the avoidance of excess or extremes; restraint - nicety — a fine or subtle point of detail or distinction - nonconformity — failure or refusal to conform to accepted rules or conventions - opportune — well-chosen or timely; suitable for a particular purpose - origination — the act of bringing something into existence; a beginning - privation — a lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life - protuberance — a rounded part that sticks out from a surface - truthfully — in a manner that conveys the truth; honestly - valuate — to estimate the worth or value of something; to appraise - veracity — conformity to truth; habitual truthfulness or accuracy - abstractive — tending to form abstractions or to separate qualities by abstraction - aggregation — the gathering of separate elements into a collective whole - alacrity — brisk and cheerful readiness or eagerness - animalism — preoccupation with physical appetites; the doctrine that humans are merely animals - apothegm — a terse, pointed saying expressing a general truth - arrogance — an offensive display of superiority or self-importance - avidity — keen eagerness or greedy enthusiasm - batty — crazy or eccentric (informal) - cecity — (archaic) blindness, literal or figurative - circumspection — wariness and prudence; careful consideration of consequences - coition — sexual intercourse; copulation - consecution — a logical sequence or succession of things - continence — self-restraint, especially regarding bodily appetites - controvert — to deny or dispute the truth of something - creational — relating to creation or the act of bringing into existence - cultism — devotion to or the practices of a cult - demarcation — the marking or setting of boundaries or limits - destinate — to appoint or set apart for a particular purpose or destiny - desultory — lacking a plan or purpose; passing aimlessly from one thing to another - diffusion — the spreading of something more widely; the intermingling of particles - discerp — archaic term meaning to tear apart, pluck off, or divide forcibly - discontinuity — a break, gap, or lack of continuity in something - disuniformity — lack of uniformity; inconsistency or unevenness - falsehood — an untrue statement; a lie - fealty — a feudal vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord - fidelity — faithfulness or loyalty; accuracy of reproduction - heroism — great bravery or noble self-sacrifice - hilarity — exuberant merriment or boisterous laughter - impudence — bold, shameless disrespect or insolence - inanition — exhaustion from lack of nourishment; emptiness - ingeniosity — cleverness or inventive skill; ingenuity - interment — the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb - intolerance — unwillingness to accept differing views; bodily inability to endure something - inutile — useless; serving no practical purpose - loath — reluctant or unwilling - malediction — a curse or the utterance of a curse - moisty — slightly moist or damp - overbalance — to lose balance and topple, or to outweigh in importance - overstatement — an exaggerated or excessive statement of something - parlance — a particular way of speaking or the vocabulary of a group - perchance — perhaps; by chance (archaic or literary) - physicalism — the philosophical doctrine that everything is physical or supervenes on the physical - precognition — supposed foreknowledge of an event through extrasensory means - prodigality — wasteful or extravagant spending; lavishness - protestation — an emphatic declaration or objection - pruriency — excessive interest in sexual matters - reoccurrence — a repeated happening of an event - resiliency — the ability to recover quickly from difficulty - sapient — wise or showing great wisdom and sagacity - steadfast — firmly fixed in purpose or loyalty; unwavering - subtext — an underlying meaning not stated explicitly in what is said - tenet — a principle or belief held as part of a doctrine - thoughty — dialectal term for thoughtful, attentive, or careful - transcription — a written or printed representation of something said or recorded - uneath — with difficulty; scarcely (archaic) - unhearty — lacking warmth, vigor, or sincerity - univocally — in a way that has only one meaning; unambiguously - valuation — an estimation of the worth or monetary value of something - abearance — behavior or conduct; demeanor - abomination — a thing that causes disgust or hatred - adulation — excessive flattery or admiration - advertency — attentiveness or heed to something - amenity — a desirable or useful feature that adds comfort or convenience - atheism — disbelief in or denial of the existence of any deity - atomization — the reduction of something into tiny particles or fragmented units - benignity — kindness, gentleness, or harmlessness - botheration — informal annoyance or trouble; also used as a mild exclamation - brilliance — intense brightness of light; exceptional talent or splendor - carnality — preoccupation with bodily, especially sexual, desires - clemency — mercy or leniency, especially toward an offender - coinheritance — joint inheritance of property or traits shared among heirs - coloration — the arrangement or pattern of colors on something - complaisance — willingness to please others; obliging agreeableness - conceptional — relating to a concept or to conception - conniption — a fit of rage, hysteria, or excitement - connotative — conveying or implying an additional meaning beyond the literal one - constellation — a recognized pattern of stars, or any grouping of related things - conventionality — conformity to accepted standards or customs - cryptic — having a hidden or obscure meaning; mysterious - dao — the Tao; the guiding principle or path in Chinese philosophy - designedly — intentionally; on purpose - despecification — the removal or loss of specific detail or specification - determinism — the doctrine that all events are determined by prior causes - discouragement — a loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness - dissonance — a harsh or inharmonious combination of sounds or ideas - enticement — something that attracts or tempts; an allurement - extermination — the complete destruction or eradication of something - fatty — containing or resembling fat; greasy - fulfillment — the achievement of something desired or promised; satisfaction - hinderance — something that impedes or obstructs (variant of hindrance) - hylicism — the philosophical doctrine that matter is the ultimate reality; materialism - hylism — the doctrine that matter is the first principle of all things; materialism - idealize — to regard or represent as perfect or better than reality - implosion — a violent collapse inward; a sudden internal failure - imprecision — lack of exactness or accuracy - impulsivity — the trait of acting quickly on impulse without weighing consequences - inconsistency — lack of consistency, or a detail that conflicts with another - indemnification — compensation for loss or harm, or security against it - inexertion — lack of exertion or effort - insinuation — an indirect, often unpleasant suggestion or hint - institutionalism — emphasis on established institutions, or the effects of prolonged institutional life - insularism — narrowness of outlook arising from isolation; insularity - intimation — an indirect suggestion or hint; an announcement - irrelation — absence of relation or connection - liberality — generosity in giving; broad-mindedness - metaphorical — using figurative comparison rather than literal meaning - modality — a particular mode, method, or manner in which something exists or is done - monotheism — the belief in the existence of only one god - nonextinction — the fact of not becoming extinct or not being extinguished - overrate — to value or assess too highly - pessimism — a tendency to expect the worst outcome - pretension — a claim or assertion of importance; pretentious display - rapacity — aggressive greed or grasping acquisitiveness - resoluteness — firmness of purpose; unwavering determination - senseless — without meaning or purpose; lacking consciousness or sensation - seriation — the arrangement of items into a sequence by a shared attribute - slutty — sexually provocative or promiscuous (slang, derogatory) - snobbism — snobbish attitudes or behavior; snobbery - sooth — truth or reality (archaic) - sublation — in Hegelian philosophy, the simultaneous canceling and preserving of a thing at a higher level - subordination — the placing or treating of something as of lower rank or importance - summity — the highest point or summit; the topmost part - swith — quickly or instantly; archaic and dialectal for swiftly - tao — in Chinese philosophy, the absolute principle underlying the universe; the way - toom — dialectal Scots and northern English term meaning empty - travesty — a grotesque or absurd imitation or distortion of something - unability — lack of ability; inability - uncouth — lacking good manners, refinement, or grace - unhasty — not hurried; deliberate and measured - unperpetuated — not continued or kept in existence - viscosity — a fluid's resistance to flow; thickness or stickiness - vouch — to assert or guarantee the truth, reliability, or worth of something - weighty — heavy, or of great seriousness, importance, or influence - zenith — the highest point reached; the point in the sky directly overhead - vera causa — a real, independently established cause invoked to explain a phenomenon - monadism — the metaphysical doctrine that monads are the ultimate units of reality, especially the theory developed by Leibniz - logico-aesthetic — involving or judged by both logical coherence and aesthetic qualities such as simplicity, symmetry, or elegance - occasionalist — a supporter of occasionalism, the doctrine that apparent causal interaction between created things occurs only through divine intervention - aliorelative — in logic, a relation that no term bears to itself; an irreflexive relation - mistakenness — the state or quality of being mistaken, erroneous, or based on a false belief - logicize — to make something logical or bring it within the domain of formal logic - deteriorationist — A proponent of deteriorationism; one who believes that things tend to grow worse - nonplus — be a mystery or bewildering to - inartificial — not produced by artifice, convention, or deliberate human design; natural - inhesion — inherence; the state or act of existing in something as a quality exists in a substance