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  • 31List of World of Watches characters — Arina Rodionovna redirects here. For the Russian tennis player, see Arina Rodionova. These are the notable characters in the Night Watch books and movies as created by Sergey Lukyanenko with Vladimir Vasilyev. They all play major or medium sized… …

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  • 32View (Buddhism) — View or position (Pali diṭṭhi, Sanskrit dṛṣṭi) is a central idea in Buddhism.[1] In Buddhist thought, in contrast with the commonsense understanding, a view is not a simple, abstract collection of propositions, but a charged interpretation of… …

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  • 33altruism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. benevolence; selflessness; generosity, liberality, philanthropy, unselfishness. Ant., selfishness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [AL troo IZ um] unselfish concern for others,… …

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  • 34selfless — [[t]se̱lfləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (approval) If you say that someone is selfless, you approve of them because they care about other people more than themselves. She was a wonderful companion and her generosity to me was entirely selfless... Perhaps… …

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  • 35Cynic — Cyn ic (s[i^]n [i^]k), Cynical Cyn ic*al ( [i^]*kal), a. [L. cynicus of the sect of Cynics, fr. Gr. kyniko s, prop., dog like, fr. ky wn, kyno s, dog. See {Hound}.] 1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish. I hope it is …

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  • 36Cynic spasm — Cynic Cyn ic (s[i^]n [i^]k), Cynical Cyn ic*al ( [i^]*kal), a. [L. cynicus of the sect of Cynics, fr. Gr. kyniko s, prop., dog like, fr. ky wn, kyno s, dog. See {Hound}.] 1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish. I hope …

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  • 37Cynical — Cynic Cyn ic (s[i^]n [i^]k), Cynical Cyn ic*al ( [i^]*kal), a. [L. cynicus of the sect of Cynics, fr. Gr. kyniko s, prop., dog like, fr. ky wn, kyno s, dog. See {Hound}.] 1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish. I hope …

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  • 38mahatma — noun Etymology: Sanskrit mahātman, from mahātman great souled, from mahat + ātman soul more at atman Date: 1923 1. a person to be revered for high mindedness, wisdom, and selflessness 2. a person of great prestige in a field of endeavor …

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  • 39selfless — adjective Date: 1821 having no concern for self ; unselfish • selflessly adverb • selflessness noun …

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  • 40Augustus — For other uses of Octavius, see Octavius (disambiguation). For other uses of Octavian, see Octavian (disambiguation). For other uses of Augustus, see Augustus (disambiguation) …

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