a representative selection
101naming — Synonyms and related words: appellation, appointment, assignment, baptism, calling, characterization, christening, connotative, definition, demonstrative, denomination, denominative, denotation, denotative, designation, designative, diagnostic,… …
102millenarianism — A term used to refer to a religious movement which prophesies the coming of the millennium and a cataclysmic end of the world as we know it; or, more formally, which anticipates imminent, total, ultimate, this worldly, collective salvation.… …
103power élite — A concept developed by C. Wright Mills in his book of that name (published in 1956) and used by him to refer to the American ruling élite. According to his analysis this was an élite which was composed of business, government, and military… …
104ART HISTORIANS AND ART CRITICS — The discipline of art history first made its appearance in Germany, in the middle of the 18th century, but it was more than a hundred years before the lowering of the barriers that had excluded Jews from academic careers enabled them to enter… …
105STURMANN, MANFRED — (1903–1989), Israeli author writing in German. Born in Koenigsberg (East Prussia), his first book, Althebraeische Lyrik – a rendering of biblical poetry into German – appeared in 1923 with an introduction by Arnold Zweig. This was followed by… …
106literature — /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.… …
107Sortition — Sortition, also known as allotment, is an equal chance method of selection by some form of lottery such as drawing coloured pebbles from a bag. It is used particularly to allot decision makers. In Ancient Athenian Democracy sortition was the… …
108Governor General of Canada — Viceroy Federal …
109education — /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… …
110china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
