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1. abolitionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1791
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2. absent, adj. and n. View full entry a1382
...Not present in a place or at an occasion; away. Freq. in predicative use....
3. absentee, n. and adj. View full entry 1537
...A landowner who resides abroad or at a distance from his or her estate; (formerly also) a clergyman who is habitually absent from his parish. Also more generally: a person who is...
4. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
5. absolutist, n. and adj. View full entry 1799
...Polit. A supporter or advocate of absolute government. Also: a person who rules or governs absolutely....
6. abstentionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1857
...A person who refrains from exercising his or her vote. Cf. abstention2....
7. abstractionist, n. and adj. View full entry 1832
...A person who prefers to view, analyse, and discuss the world in abstract rather than practical terms; a thinker who gives precedence to abstract ideas and concepts over concrete and particular ones....
8. activist, adj. and n. View full entry 1908
...Philos. Of or relating to the theory of activism (activism2)....
9. additional, adj. and n. View full entry 1563
...That is in addition to something else; added, extra, supplementary. Also used predicatively, with to (freq. in postmodifying verbless clause)....
10. addle, n. and adj. View full entry OE
...Urine; liquid dung; foul or stagnant water; slime, mire. Chiefly Eng. regional (chiefly south-west.) and Sc. in later use....
11. addled, adj. View full entry 1599
...fig. Esp. of a person's brain: muddled; unsound; having lost the ability to think clearly or rationally....
12. administrative, adj. and n. View full entry 1651
...Of, relating to, or concerned with administration (in various senses); (in later use esp.) relating to or required for the running of a business, organization, etc....
13. adoptive, adj. View full entry c1429
...Due to or deriving from adoption (in sense 1); esp. having a specified familial relationship by adoption, as adoptive father, adoptive son, etc....
14. Adullamite, n. and adj. View full entry a1382
...In biblical use, or allusions to this: a native or inhabitant of the Canaanite city of Adullam; (also) a frequenter of the nearby cave of Adullam, where a group discontented with the...
15. advance, n. and adj. View full entry a1400
...The action of extolling or lauding something; ostentation, boasting. Cf. advancement2. Obs....
16. adversarial, adj. View full entry 1839
...Of, relating to, or characterized by conflict, hostility, or opposition; involving adversaries or opposing parties. Cf. adversary...
17. afforced, adj. View full entry 1881
...Of a group or body of people, esp. a deliberative assembly: strengthened by the addition of new members; reinforced....
18. African, n. and adj. View full entry eOE
...A native or inhabitant of Africa; a person of African origin (contextually = black African(a)black5a); spec. (in local usage) such a person as distinguished from...
19. agitational, adj. View full entry 1844
...Of or relating to agitation; concerned with the promotion of discussion on public questions....
20. agitprop, n. and adj. View full entry 1925
...Usu. with capital initial. A department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, or a local department, responsible for ‘agitation and propaganda’ on behalf of Communism; the...
