Perplexities
81confuse — confusable, adj. confusability, n. confusably, adv. confusedly /keuhn fyooh zid lee, fyoohzd /, adv. confusedness, n. /keuhn fyoohz /, v.t., confused, confusing. 1. to pe …
82education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
83extricate — extrication, n. /ek stri kayt /, v.t., extricated, extricating. 1. to free or release from entanglement; disengage: to extricate someone from a dangerous situation. 2. to liberate (gas) from combination, as in a chemical process. [1605 15; < L… …
84intricate — intricately, adv. intricateness, n. /in tri kit/, adj. 1. having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze. 2. complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make: an intricate machine. [1375 1425; late ME <… …
85metaphysics — /met euh fiz iks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) 1. the branch of philosophy that treats of first principles, includes ontology and cosmology, and is intimately connected with epistemology. 2. philosophy, esp. in its more abstruse branches. 3. the… …
86Omar Khayyám — /oh mahr kuy yahm , yam , oh meuhr/ died 1123?, Persian poet and mathematician. * * * byname of Ghiyāth al Dīn Abū al Fatḥ ʽUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al Neyshābūrī al Khayyāmī born May 18, 1048, Neyshābūr, Khorāsān died Dec. 4, 1131, Neyshābūr Persian… …
87philosophical anthropology — anthropology (def. 4). * * * Study of human nature conducted by the methods of philosophy. It is concerned with questions such as the status of human beings in the universe, the purpose or meaning of human life, and whether humanity can be made… …
88skepticism — /skep teuh siz euhm/, n. 1. skeptical attitude or temper; doubt. 2. doubt or unbelief with regard to a religion, esp. Christianity. 3. (cap.) the doctrines or opinions of philosophical Skeptics; universal doubt. Also, scepticism. [1640 50; < NL… …
89untie — /un tuy /, v., untied, untying. v.t. 1. to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot. 2. to undo the string or cords of. 3. to undo, as a cord or a knot; unknot. 4. to free from restraint. 5. to resolve, as… …
90utilitarianism — /yooh til i tair ee euh niz euhm/, n. the ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons. [1820 30; UTILITARIAN + ISM] * * * Ethical… …
