English Words: N
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The philosophy of a school of British and American idealists who followed Hegel in dialectical or logical method and in the general outcome of their doctrine.
Hellenism as surviving or revived in modern times; the practice or pursuit of Ancient Greek ideals in modern life, art, or literature, as in the Renaissance.
A revived philosophy along the lines of that laid down by Immanuel Kant in the 18th century, or more specifically by Schopenhauer's criticism of the Kantian philosophy in his work The World as Will and Representation (1818), as well as by other post-Kantian philosophers. It has some more specific reference in later German philosophy.
Lamarckism as revived, modified, and expounded by later biologists, especially as maintaining that the offspring inherits traits acquired by the parent from change of environment, use or disuse of parts, etc.
A later form of Malthusianism that advocates for population control programs, especially birth control, to ensure resources for current and future populations.
political policies or ideology seen as a resurgence or continuation of McCarthyism after its heyday in the 1950s
The form of Middle Egyptian archaizingly used as a literary language after the vernacular language had changed into Late Egyptian, and later Demotic and Coptic.
A type of Moorish Revival architecture popular in the Iberian Peninsula in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
An adherent of neo-Nazism, any of various (far right, authoritarian, or bigoted) post-World War II Nazi ideologies.
A genre of film that combines elements of traditional film noir with modern themes and visuals.
Someone who subscribes to certain beliefs which notably differ from but do not oppose in basic principle those of the Objectivist movement.
A theological movement developed in the aftermath of World War I, largely a reaction against doctrines of 19th-century liberal theology and a reevaluation of the teachings of the Reformation.
Any revived or reconceived variation of pantheism, the belief that the Universe is sacred and should be revered; any of a number of modern form of present day renditions of pantheism, as distinguished from earlier perspectives.
Of or relating to various theories that build upon and criticize those of Jean Piaget.
The modern, postindustrial proletariat, characterized by passive and uncritical acceptance of prevailing consumption patterns regardless of the level of their income
A modern linguistic movement, based on purism, that accepts neologisms if they conform to established patterns
Reacting against the (especially liberal) values of the modern world; now typically seen as characterised by opposition to egalitarianism, support for strong centralised government, and espousal of conservative economic policies.
A group of 19th century architectural revival styles which drew inspiration from a wide range of 16th century classicizing Italian modes.
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