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1. abductive, adj. View full entry 1803
...Characterized by leading or drawing away; tending toward withdrawal or removal. Now rare....
2. absolutistic, adj. View full entry 1841
...Of or relating to absolutism (in various senses); = absolutist...
3. absolutization, n. View full entry 1863
...The action or an act of making something absolute....
4. absurdism, n. View full entry 1815
...An illogical, incongruous, or ridiculous thing; = absurdity2....
5. absurdist, n. and adj. View full entry 1894
...A person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner. rare....
6. acosmic, adj. View full entry 1857
...Not of the universe or cosmos; of, relating to, or characterized by acosmism (acosmism)....
7. acosmical, adj. View full entry 1843
...Of, relating to, or characterized by acosmism (acosmism)....
8. acosmism, n. View full entry 1833
...The doctrine that the universe does not exist, or that there is no universe distinct from God....
9. acosmist, n. View full entry 1845
...A person who believes in or advocates acosmism....
10. activism, n. View full entry 1856
...= actinism1. rare....
11. actualism, n. View full entry 1849
...Philos. The doctrine that only what is actual exists, and hence entities which are only possible do not exist; belief in the importance of the actual....
12. actualist, n. and adj. View full entry 1853
...Geol. A person who believes that the geological past can be explained in terms of processes observable in the present; a proponent of actualism (actualism3). Cf. uniformitarian...
13. actualistic, adj. View full entry 1857
...Characterized by or concerned with action or the actual; (Philos.) relating to the theory that only what is actual exists (see actualism1). Also: representative of reality, realistic,...
14. acturience, n. View full entry a1866
...Desire to act....
15. -adic, suffix View full entry 1878
...Chem. With preceding symbol, designating an atom with a valency represented by the symbol. Cf. monadic3a, dyadicb. Obs.rare....
16. agathism, n. View full entry 1830
...The doctrine that all things ultimately tend towards good, although the means by which this comes about may be evil, unpleasant, unfortunate, etc. Cf. agathist...
17. agathist, n. View full entry 1816
...A person who believes that all things tend towards ultimate good; a holder of the doctrine of agathism (agathism)....
18. agnoiology, n. View full entry 1854
...The study of the nature of ignorance or of what it is impossible to know; a particular theory concerning this. Cf. epistemology...
19. agnostic, n. and adj. View full entry 1869
...A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of immaterial things, especially of the existence or nature of God. Distinguished from atheist...
20. agnostically, adv. View full entry 1878
...In an agnostic manner as regards religion or philosophy; so as to tend towards religious or philosophical agnosticism....
