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Acoustician
Acoustician Ac`ous*ti"cian, n.
One versed in acoustics. --Tyndall.
Agnosticism
Agnosticism Ag*nos"ti*cism, n.
That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts
nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the
existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be
neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits
of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and
Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence
furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a
positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert
Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to
dogmatic theism.
Causticily
Causticily Caus*tic"i*ly, n.
1. The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the
causticity of potash.
2. Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a
reply or remark.
Ecclesiasticism
Ecclesiasticism Ec*cle`si*as"ti*cism, n.
Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.
Fantasticism
Fantasticism Fan*tas"ti*cism, n.
The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality.
--Ruskin.
Gnosticism
Gnosticism Gnos"ti*cism, n.
The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.
Inelasticity
Inelasticity In`e*las*tic"i*ty, n.
Want of elasticity.
Justiciable
Justiciable Jus*ti"ci*a*ble, a. [Cf. LL. justitiabilis, F.
justiciable.]
Proper to be examined in a court of justice. --Bailey.
JusticiarJusticiar Jus*ti"ci*ar, n.
Same as Justiciary. Masticin
Masticin Mas"ti*cin, n. (Chem.)
A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling
caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.
MethysticinMethysticin Me*thys"ti*cin, n. (Chem.)
A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the
thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum)
of the South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin. Monasticism
Monasticism Mo*nas"ti*cism, n.
The monastic life, system, or condition. --Milman.
Mysticism
Mysticism Mys"ti*cism, n. [Cf. F. mysticisme.]
1. Obscurity of doctrine.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of the Mystics, who professed a
pure, sublime, and wholly disinterested devotion, and
maintained that they had direct intercourse with the
divine Spirit, and aquired a knowledge of God and of
spiritual things unattainable by the natural intellect,
and such as can not be analyzed or explained.
3. (Philos.) The doctrine that the ultimate elements or
principles of knowledge or belief are gained by an act or
process akin to feeling or faith.
Scholasticism
Scholasticism Scho*las"ti*cism, n.
The method or subtilties of the schools of philosophy;
scholastic formality; scholastic doctrines or philosophy.
The spirit of the old scholasticism . . . spurned
laborious investigation and slow induction. --J. P.
Smith.
Spasticity
Spasticity Spas*tic"i*ty, n.
1. A state of spasm.
2. The tendency to, or capability of suffering, spasm.
Statistician
Statistician Stat`is*ti"cian, n. [Cf. F. statisticien.]
One versed in statistics; one who collects and classifies
facts for statistics.
Unelasticity
Unelasticity Un`e*las*tic"i*ty, n.
Inelasticity.
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