historical |
1. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions. | |
July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day. | |
The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic. | |
2. adj. (literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history. | |
3. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally. | |
4. adj. (literature, art) Set in the past. | |
5. adj. (uncommon) Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal. | |
6. adj. (grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense). | |
7. adj. (obsolete, biology) (synonym of hereditary) or evolutionary. | |
8. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history. | |
The Royal Historical Society | |
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin | |
9. adj. Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method. | |
10. adj. (uncommon) (synonym of historic): important or likely to be important to history and historians. | |
11. adj. Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically": | |
historical-political | |
12. n. A historical romance. | |
sociology |
1. n. The study of society, human social interaction and the rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups and institutions | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
Fourierite |
1. adj. Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or associated with Charles Fourier or his socialist and philosophic theories. | |
2. n. A supporter of Fourierism. | |
Utopian |
1. n. A person from Utopia, a fictional island, possessing a seemingly perfect socio-politico-legal system from Thomas More 1516 treatise of the same name. | |
2. adj. Ideal but often impractical; visionary. | |
a utopian project | |
3. adj. Of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia. | |
utopian happiness | |
4. n. Someone who supports or heralds the establishment of a utopia. | |
community |
1. n. A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition. | |
2. n. A residential or religious collective; a commune. | |
3. n. (ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other. | |
4. n. (Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community. | |
5. n. The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common. | |
6. n. (obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation. | |
a community of goods | |
7. n. (obsolete) Common character; likeness. | |
8. n. (obsolete) Commonness; frequency. | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
phalanstery |
1. n. An association or community organized on the plan of Charles Fourier, with living space divided hierarchically and higher pay for those carrying out unpopular tasks. | |
2. n. The dwelling house of a Fourierite community. | |