passions (noun)

  • 101demagogue — 1. noun a) An orator or leader who gains favor by pandering to or exciting the passions and prejudices of the audience. b) A leader of the people. 2. verb To speak or act in the manner of a demagogue …

    Wiktionary

  • 102fatty — 1. adjective /ˈfæ.ti,ˈfæ.ɾi/ a) Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat. Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty… …

    Wiktionary

  • 103plebeian — 1. adjective /pləˈbiː.ən/ a) Of or pertaining to the Roman plebs, or common people. They were all from the ghetto, a plebeian throng. b) Of or pertaining to the common people; vulgar; common; as plebeian sports; 2. noun /pləˈbiː.ən/ a) One of the …

    Wiktionary

  • 104Grace (Christianity) — A series of articles on Grace in Christianity Actual grace a Catholic theological concept …

    Wikipedia

  • 105Anaxagoras and the atomists — C.C.W.Taylor ANAXAGORAS In the course of the fifth century BC the political and cultural pre eminence of Athens attracted to the city a considerable number of intellectuals of various kinds from all over the Greek world. This phenomenon, the so… …

    History of philosophy

  • 106nu — nu, nue 1. (nu, nue) adj. 1°   Qui n est point vêtu. •   Les cheveux flottants, le bras et le pied nu, CORN. Médée, IV, 2. •   Et je vous verrais nu du haut jusques en bas, Que toute votre peau ne me tenterait pas, MOL. Tart. III, 2. •   Mes… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 107enthusiasm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ecstasy, frenzy, fanaticism; fire, spirit, force; ardor, zeal, fervor, vehemence, eagerness; optimism, assurance. See feeling, hope, excitability, vigor. Ant., disinterest. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 108impurity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Moral uncleanness Nouns 1. impurity, immodesty, grossness, indelicacy, indecency; pornography, curiosa, obscenity, ribaldry, smut, bawdy, filth, double entendre; coprophilia; pornographic movie, blue… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 109vanity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive pride Nouns 1. vanity, conceit, conceitedness; immodesty, self esteem, self love, self praise; complacency, smugness, amour propre, hubris; ego trip. See boasting, selfishness. 2. [false] pride …

    English dictionary for students

  • 110virtue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Moral uprightness Nouns 1. virtue; virtuousness, goodness; morality; moral rectitude; integrity, probity; nobleness; prudence; morals, ethics, duty; work ethic; cardinal virtues; merit, worth, excellence …

    English dictionary for students