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  • 11Chauvinism — Chau vin*ism, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831).] 1. Blind and absurd …

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  • 12Chauvinist — Chauvinism Chau vin*ism, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831).] 1. Blind …

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  • 13Chauvinistic — Chauvinism Chau vin*ism, n. [F. chauvinisme, from Nicolas Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815 (in the play La Cocarde tricolor, 1831).] 1. Blind …

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  • 14Origen — Origenian, adj., n. Origenism, n. Origenist, n. Origenistic, adj. /awr i jen , jeuhn, or /, n. (Origenes Admantius) A.D. 185? 254?, Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher. * * * orig. Oregenes Adamantius born с 185, probably… …

    Universalium

  • 15Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source       Saturday, March 4, 1933       I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our Nation impels. This is… …

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  • 16Pedro Calderon de la Barca —     Pedro Calderon de la Barca     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pedro Calderon de la Barca     Born 1600; died 1681; a Spanish dramatist whose activity marks the second half of the golden age of Spanish literature. His time was one of social and… …

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  • 17Religious Obedience —     Religious Obedience     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Obedience     Religious obedience is that general submission which religious vow to God, and voluntarily promise to their superiors, in order to be directed by them in the ways of… …

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  • 18David Dean Shulman — For the American lexicographer and cryptographer, see David Shulman. David Shulman, 2008 David Dean Shulman (born January 13, 1949 in Waterloo, Iowa) is an Indologist and regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on the languages of… …

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  • 19libido — Synonyms and related words: Amor, Christian love, Eros, Platonic love, admiration, adoration, affection, agape, anima, archetypal pattern, archetype, ardency, ardor, attachment, blind impulse, bodily love, brotherly love, caritas, carnality,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20fetishism — fet·ish·ism || fɪːʃɪzm / fet n. blind devotion, absurd unreasoning worship, obsessive attachment (Psychiatry) …

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