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1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
3. absolutist, n. and adj. View full entry 1799
...Polit. A supporter or advocate of absolute government. Also: a person who rules or governs absolutely....
4. academical, adj. and n. View full entry 1549
...Philos. Also with capital initial. = academic1. Now rare....
5. Academite, n. View full entry 1572
...Perh.: = academic1. Obs.rare....
6. academy, n. View full entry a1382
...With capital initial....
7. accidence, n.1 View full entry a1393
...Chance, unforeseen or unexpected eventuality; (contextually) mishap, fortuitous circumstance. Also: an occurrence of this type. Freq. in prepositional phrases, as by accidence. Cf. accident5a....
8. accident, n. View full entry 1395
...Philos. In Aristotelian thought: a property or quality not essential to a substance or object; something that does not constitute an essential component, an attribute. Cf. substance4a....
9. activism, n. View full entry 1856
...= actinism1. rare....
10. activist, adj. and n. View full entry 1908
...Philos. Of or relating to the theory of activism (activism2)....
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. aesthetic, n. and adj. View full entry 1764
...Chiefly in the philosophy of Kant: the science of perception by the senses. Now hist....
14. affirmative, adj., n., and int. View full entry c1449
...Asserting that a fact is as stated or perceived; declaring what exists; expressing a positive response....
15. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
16. alienation, n. View full entry a1425
...Estrangement; the state of being estranged or alienated. Also with from, †of....
17. analogism, n. View full entry 1650
...orig. and chiefly Logic....
18. analysis, n. View full entry 1580
...A detailed examination or study of something so as to determine its nature, structure, or essential features. Also: the result of this process; a detailed examination or report; a particular interpretation or...
19. analyst, n. View full entry 1656
...A mathematician skilled in algebraic geometry (now hist.) or in modern analysis (see analysis5)....
20. analytical, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1528
...Chiefly Philos. = analytic1....
