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111avouch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. vouch for, guarantee; acknowledge. See evidence. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To put into words positively and with conviction: affirm, allege, argue, assert, asseverate, aver, avow, claim,… …
112hold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. grasp, clutch, grip; tenure, possession; control, influence, domination; ownership, keeping; anchor, rein. v. have, occupy, retain, own, possess; restrain, repress, control, pinion, curb; check, stop …
113asseverate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To put into words positively and with conviction: affirm, allege, argue, assert, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state. Idiom: have it. See AFFIRM …
114realism — Realism is the view that things exist independently of the mind. There are three main types of realism that are based on that premise: (1) the view that affirms, in opposition to nominalism, that universals (and perhaps other abstract objects) …
115Deism — For other uses, see Deism (disambiguation). Part of a series on God General c …
116Genocide — This article is about the crime. For other uses, see Genocide (disambiguation). Buchenwald concentration camp was technically not an extermination camp, though it was a site of an extraordinary number of deaths …
117Judaism — This article is about the Jewish religion. For consideration of ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity, see Jews. Judaica (clockwise from top): Shabbat candl …
118Jehovah's Witnesses — Jehovah s Witnesses …
119Perseverance of the saints — Calvinism John Calvin Background Christianity …
120Mu'tazili — Muʿtazilah (Arabic المعتزلة al mu tazilah ) is a theological school of thought within Sunni Islam. It is also anglicized as Muʿtazilite. They are usually not accepted by other Sunni Muslims, though their theology parallels Shi a Islam, such as… …
