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  • 41coherency — noun 1. the state of cohering or sticking together • Syn: ↑coherence, ↑cohesion, ↑cohesiveness • Ant: ↑incoherence (for: ↑coherence) • Derivationall …

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  • 42cohesion — n. 1 a the act or condition of sticking together. b a tendency to cohere. 2 Chem. the force with which molecules cohere. Derivatives: cohesive adj. cohesively adv. cohesiveness n. Etymology: L cohaes (see COHERE) after adhesion …

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  • 43cohesive — adjective 1. causing cohesion (Freq. 3) a cohesive agent • Similar to: ↑adhesive • Derivationally related forms: ↑cohere, ↑cohesiveness 2. cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated …

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  • 44cohesiveness — noun 1. the state of cohering or sticking together (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑coherence, ↑coherency, ↑cohesion • Ant: ↑incoherence (for: ↑coherence) …

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  • 45co|here — «koh HIHR», intransitive verb, hered, her|ing. 1. to stick together; hold together as parts of the same mass or substance: »Brick and mortar cohere. 2. Figurative. to be well connected; be consistent: »The varying details of the witness s story… …

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  • 46Coherentism — There are two distinct types of coherentism. One refers to the coherence theory of truth. The other refers to the coherence theory of justification. The coherentist theory of justification characterizes epistemic justification as a property of a… …

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  • 47Syllable weight — In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segments in the rime. In classical poetry, both Greek and Latin, distinctions of syllable weight were fundamental to the… …

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  • 48Association of Ideas — Association of Ideas, or Mental association, is a term used principally in the history of philosophy and of psychology to refer to explanations about the conditions under which representations arise in consciousness, and also for a principle put… …

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  • 49Paul R. Thagard — Paul Thagard is Professor of Philosophy, with cross appointment to Psychology and Computer Science, and Director of the Cognitive Science Program, at the University of Waterloo. He is a graduate of the Universities of Saskatchewan, Cambridge,… …

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  • 50bind — bindable, adj. /buynd/, v., bound, binding, n. v.t. 1. to fasten or secure with a band or bond. 2. to encircle with a band or ligature: She bound her hair with a ribbon. 3. to swathe or bandage (often fol. by up): to bind up one s wounds. 4. to… …

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