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111international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
112literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
113metaphor — metaphorical /met euh fawr i keuhl, for /, metaphoric, adj. metaphorically, adv. metaphoricalness, n. /met euh fawr , feuhr/, n. 1. a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in… …
114sincere — sincerely, adv. sincereness, n. /sin sear /, adj., sincerer, sincerest. 1. free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology. 2. genuine; real: a sincere effort to improve; a sincere friend. 3. pure; unmixed; unadulterated. 4.… …
115gunasthana — In Jainism, any of the 14 stages of spiritual development through which a soul passes on its way to liberation. The goal is to gradually purify the soul and to gain release from the cycle of birth and death. The thirteenth stage was that of an… …
116Zagajewski, Adam — ▪ 2005 In 2004 Polish poet, fiction writer, and essayist Adam Zagajewski already the recipient of several notable literary honours, including the Swedish PEN s Kurt Tucholsky Prize, the Tomas Tranströmer Prize (Västerås, Swed.), and the… …
117Mīkāl — ▪ Islam also spelled Mīkāʾīl, in Islām, the archangel who was so shocked at the sight of hell when it was created that he never laughed again. In biblical literature Michael is the counterpart of Mīkāl. In Muslim legend, Mīkāl and Jibrīl …
118Slánský, Rudolf — ▪ Czech communist leader born July 31, 1901, Nezvěstice, near Plzeň, Austria Hungary [now in Czech Republic] died December 3, 1952, Prague, Czechoslovakia Czech Communist leader who was the central victim in the November 1952 “Slánský trial …
119Moral Theology — • Limited to those doctrines which discuss the relations of man and his free actions to God and his supernatural end, and propose the means instituted by God for the attainment of that end Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Moral Theology …
120Pragmatism — • As a tendency in philosophy, signifies the insistence on usefulness or practical consequences as a test of truth. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Pragmatism Pragmatism …
