BEHAVIOURISM | • behaviourism n. (British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism. • BEHAVIOURISM n. the psychological theory that behaviour is governed by conditioning rather than internal processes and that by changing behaviour patterns it is possible to treat psychological disorders, also BEHAVIORISM. |
COMPULSATIVE | • compulsative adj. (Obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint. • COMPULSATIVE adj. (Shakespeare) compulsory, also COMPULSATORY. |
CONSUMMATIVE | • consummative adj. Serving to consummate or complete. • CONSUMMATIVE adj. serving to consummate. |
FAVOURITISMS | • favouritisms n. Plural of favouritism. • FAVOURITISM n. the state of having favourites. |
FLUVOXAMINES | • FLUVOXAMINE n. an antidepressant predominantly used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
MANOEUVRINGS | • manoeuvrings n. Plural of manoeuvring. • MANOEUVRING n. the act of making a manoeuvre. |
MARVELLOUSLY | • marvellously adv. In a marvellous manner. • marvellously adv. To a great or impressive degree; very. • MARVELLOUS adv. astonishing, very pleasing, also MARVELOUS. |
MISBEHAVIOUR | • misbehaviour n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of misbehavior. • MISBEHAVIOUR n. bad behaviour, also MISBEHAVIOR. |
MULTIVARIOUS | • multivarious adj. Many and various. • MULTIVARIOUS adj. differing widely. |
OUTMANEUVERS | • outmaneuvers v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver. • OUTMANEUVER v. to surpass in maneuvering, also OUTMANOEUVRE. |
OVERMEASURED | • overmeasured v. Simple past tense and past participle of overmeasure. • OVERMEASURE v. to measure excessively. |
OVERMEASURES | • overmeasures n. Plural of overmeasure. • OVERMEASURE v. to measure excessively. |
POLYOMAVIRUS | • polyomavirus n. Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals. • Polyomavirus prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Polyomaviridae – now split into genera Alphapolyomavirus… |
VOLUNTARISMS | • voluntarisms n. Plural of voluntarism. • VOLUNTARISM n. the philosophical doctrine that the will dominates the intellect. |
VOLUNTARYISM | • voluntaryism n. Alternative form of voluntarism. • VOLUNTARYISM n. the principle or practice of reliance on voluntary action, not coercion. |