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  • 41Will — • This article discusses will in its psychological aspect Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Will     Will     † …

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  • 42meaningless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insignificant, without rhyme or reason; senseless, aimless; nonsensical. See unmeaningness, absurdity.Ant., meaningful. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. vague, absurd, insignificant; see trivial ,… …

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  • 43aimless — adjective 1) Flavia set out on an aimless walk Syn: purposeless, goalless, without purpose, haphazard, wandering, without goal, desultory Ant: purposeful 2) aimless men standing outside the bars Syn …

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  • 44aimlessness — noun the quality of lacking any definite purpose (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑purposelessness • Ant: ↑purposefulness (for: ↑purposelessness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 45purposelessly — adverb without a clear purpose let s not purposelessly dispense the aid • Derived from adjective: ↑purposeless * * * adverb see purposeless * * * purˈposelessly adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑p …

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  • 46pur·pose·less — /ˈpɚpəsləs/ adj : having or seeming to have no purpose or reason I have to go to another purposeless [=(more commonly) pointless, useless] meeting tonight. purposeless suffering …

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  • 47mess around — {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposeless activity. * /Come on, you guys, start doing some work, don t just mess around all day!/ 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is. * /Allen… …

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  • 48mess around — {v. phr.} 1. To engage in idle or purposeless activity. * /Come on, you guys, start doing some work, don t just mess around all day!/ 2. {vulgar} To be promiscuous; to indulge in sex with little discrimination as to who the partner is. * /Allen… …

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  • 49catatonia — cat a*ton ia n. [Gr. katatonos, stretching down, depressed, fr. kata down + to nos stretching, straining, tone (sound). Stedman.] (Psychiatry) an abnormal behavioral syndrome characterized by stupor, negativism, and muscular rigidity, sometimes… …

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  • 50catatonic schizophrenia — catatonia cat a*ton ia n. [Gr. katatonos, stretching down, depressed, fr. kata down + to nos stretching, straining, tone (sound). Stedman.] (Psychiatry) an abnormal behavioral syndrome characterized by stupor, negativism, and muscular rigidity,… …

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