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  • 111Science (Philosophies of) — Philosophies of science Mach, Duhem, Bachelard Babette E.Babich THE TRADITION OF CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE If the philosophy of science is not typically represented as a ‘continental’ discipline it is nevertheless historically rooted in… …

    History of philosophy

  • 112nagging — Synonyms and related words: adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, blandishment, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, captious, captiousness, carping, catty, cavil, caviling, censoriousness, chronic, coaxing …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 113pressing — Synonyms and related words: abetment, actuating, acute, animating, blandishment, burning, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, causal, causative, clamant, clamorous, coactive, coaxing, compelling, compulsatory, compulsive, compulsory,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 114importunateness — n. quality of being importunate, persistent stubbornness; urgency, quality of being pressing …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 115importunity — n. Entreaty, urgency, insistence, pressing solicitation, persistent entreaty …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 116instance — I. n. 1. Solicitation, request, prompting, instigation, incitement, impulse. 2. Urgency, urgent solicitation, importunity, persistent pressure. 3. Example, exemplification, illustration, case. II. v. a. Mention (as an instance), bring forward as… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 117press — press1 [pres] vt. [ME pressen < MFr presser < L pressare, freq. of premere, to press < IE base * per , to strike > OSlav p rati, to strike] 1. to act on with steady force or weight; push steadily against; squeeze 2. to depress or… …

    English World dictionary

  • 118insistence — noun 1. continual and persistent demands (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑insisting • Derivationally related forms: ↑insist (for: ↑insisting), ↑insistent, ↑insist …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 119urgent — adj. 1 requiring immediate action or attention (an urgent need for help). 2 importunate; earnest and persistent in demand. Derivatives: urgency n. urgently adv. Etymology: ME f. F (as URGE) …

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  • 120GALUT — (Golah) (Heb. גָּלוּת, גּוֹלָה), exile. The Concept The Hebrew term galut expresses the Jewish conception of the condition and feelings of a nation uprooted from its homeland and subject to alien rule. The term is essentially applied to the… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism