ADVENTURISM | • adventurism n. The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking. • adventurism n. (Politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs. • ADVENTURISM n. improvisation in the absence or in defiance of accepted plans or principles. |
AMUSIVENESS | • amusiveness n. The state or quality of being amusive. • AMUSIVENESS n. the state of being amusive. |
ARGUMENTIVE | • argumentive adj. Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning. • ARGUMENTIVE adj. given to argument, also ARGUMENTATIVE. |
CHAUVINISMS | • chauvinisms n. Plural of chauvinism. • CHAUVINISM n. excessive or blind patriotism. |
DIMINUTIVAL | • diminutival adj. Indicating diminution; diminutive. • DIMINUTIVAL adj. relating to or like a diminutive. |
ENUMERATIVE | • enumerative adj. Of, pertaining to or based on enumeration. • ENUMERATIVE adj. serving to enumerate. |
FLUVOXAMINE | • fluvoxamine n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic antidepressant drug which acts by prolonging the effect of the neurotransmitter… • FLUVOXAMINE n. an antidepressant predominantly used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
INTERVALLUM | • intervallum n. An interval. • INTERVALLUM adj. between ramparts. • INTERVALLUM n. a gap, an interval. |
MANEUVERING | • maneuvering v. (US) present participle of maneuver. • maneuvering n. (US, gerund of maneuver) An act in which something or someone maneuvers. • MANEUVERING n. the act of performing a maneuver. |
MANOEUVRING | • manoeuvring n. A manoeuvre. • manoeuvring v. Present participle of manoeuvre. • manœuvring v. Present participle of manœuvre. |
MENSURATIVE | • mensurative adj. Relating to mensuration or measurement. • MENSURATIVE adj. relating to mensuration, also MENSURATIONAL. |
MULTIVALENT | • multivalent adj. (Chemistry) Having more than one valency or having a valency greater than 3; polyvalent. • multivalent adj. (Genetics) Having three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis. • multivalent adj. (Immunology) Having more than one attachment site for an antibody or antigen. |
UNCOMBATIVE | • uncombative adj. Not combative. • UNCOMBATIVE adj. not combative. |
UNMOTIVATED | • unmotivated adj. Lacking motivation, without impetus to strive or excel. • unmotivated adj. For which there is no motive. • UNMOTIVATED adj. not motivated. |
VANGUARDISM | • vanguardism n. (Politics) The strategy whereby an organization (usually a vanguard party) attempts to place itself… • VANGUARDISM n. the condition of being or practice of positioning oneself as or within the vanguard of a movement, esp. political. |
VOLUNTARISM | • voluntarism n. (US) A reliance on volunteers to support an institution or achieve an end; volunteerism. • voluntarism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine that assigns the most dominant position to the will rather than the intellect. • voluntarism n. (Politics) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals… |