Co to Cr Definitions Open Thread
Co to Cr Definitions Open Thread
Definition of coercion:
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/coercion
coercion
noun
mass noun
The action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
‘it wasn't slavery because no coercion was used’
‘He denied he had made the confession under coercion and threat, as alleged by his father.’
‘There is also a belief that worker performance is based on either rewards offered by management or the threat of coercion.’
‘If psychiatry is to move forward it is necessary, but not sufficient, to resist state coercion and to listen to patients.’
‘This is really your opportunity to be yourself, to do something without coercion from others.’
‘He refused to speculate as to the identity of the groups or individuals who had been behind the coercion.’
force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, insistence, demand, arm-twisting, pressure, pressurization, influence
View synonyms
Pronunciation
coercion/kəʊˈəːʃ(ə)n/
Definition of cognitive dissonance:
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/cognitive_dissonance
noun
mass nounPsychology
The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions and attitude change.
‘They often underpin what psychologists call cognitive dissonance - the process of holding two mutually exclusive beliefs without noticing the inherent opposition.’
‘The cognitive dissonance inherent in this belief system makes it far less likely for a student to pursue the sciences for personal, family and community reasons.’
‘There's cognitive dissonance between our professed support for meritocracy and our behaviour when our own children are involved.’
‘Does this cognitive dissonance signal an underlying problem in my psyche?’
‘In universities, disagreement and cognitive dissonance are not to be feared but, rather, to be recognized as way stations toward greater understanding.’
Definition of collective
adjective
1Done by people acting as a group.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘representing many individuals’): from Old French collectif, -ive or Latin collectivus, from collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere (see collect).
Definition of collectively
adverb
As a group; as a whole.
‘the vast range of resources that the American people collectively own’
‘the audience collectively winced’
Definition of collectivism:
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/collectivism
collectivism
noun
mass noun
1The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
‘the Church has criticized the great emphasis placed on individualism rather than collectivism’
collectivism, state ownership, socialism, radical socialism
1.1The ownership of land and the means of production by the people or the state, as a political principle or system.
‘the Russian Revolution decided to alter the course of modernity towards collectivism’
Pronunciation
collectivism/kəˈlɛktɪvɪz(ə)m/
Definition of communism
[mass noun]
A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs. See also Marxism.
The most familiar form of communism is that established by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and it has generally been understood in terms of the system practised by the former Soviet Union and its allies in eastern Europe, in China since 1949, and in some developing countries such as Cuba, Vietnam, and North Korea. In this form of communism it was held that the state would wither away after the overthrow of the capitalist system.
In practice, however, the state grew to control all aspects of communist society. Communism in eastern Europe collapsed in the late 1980s and early 1990s against a background of failure to meet people’s economic expectations, a shift to more democracy in political life, and increasing nationalism such as that which led to the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French communisme, from commun (see common).
Definition of communist
a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism:
I was very left-wing, but I was never a communist
adjective
adhering to or based on the principles of communism
Communism
http://www.britannica.com/topic/communism
Communism, the political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society. Communism is thus a form of socialism—a higher and more advanced form, according to its advocates. Exactly how communism differs from socialism has long been a matter of debate, but the distinction rests largely on the communists’ adherence to the revolutionary socialism of Karl Marx.
Definition of COMMUNISM
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communism
1a : a theory advocating elimination of private property
b : a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed
2capitalized
a : a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
b : a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
c : a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
d : communist systems collectively
Full Definition of COMMUNIST
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communist
1: an adherent or advocate of communism
2 capitalized : communard
3 a capitalized : a member of a Communist party or movement
b often capitalized : an adherent or advocate of a Communist government, party, or movement
4 often capitalized : one held to engage in left-wing, subversive, or revolutionary activities
Examples of COMMUNIST
'communists were plotting an overthrow of the government'
First Known Use of COMMUNIST
1840
Related to COMMUNIST
Synonyms
commie, comrade, Red, socialist
communard
Syllabification: com·mu·nard
Pronunciation: /ˈkämyəˌnärd/
Definition of communard in English:
noun
1A member of a commune.
Example sentences
The communards resolutely refused to have anything do with religious icons.
1.1 (Communard) historical A supporter of the Paris Commune.
Example sentences
For instance, if you read about the Paris Commune, whether or not you agree with the position of the Communards, the Paris Commune is a tremendously exciting story.
The Communards set about reorganising Paris along democratic socialist lines.
He was the only painter of the Impressionist group to record the destruction of the Commune, and was outraged by the ruthless way in which the Communards were massacred.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, from commune.
Complex Question Fallacy
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/69/Complex_Question_Fallacy
plurium interrogationum
(also known as: many questions fallacy, fallacy of presupposition, loaded question, trick question, false question)
Description: A question that has a presupposition built in, which implies something but protects the one asking the question from accusations of false claims. It is a form of misleading discourse, and it is a fallacy when the audience does not detect the assumed information implicit in the question, and accepts it as a fact.
Example #1:
How many times per day do you beat your wife?
Explanation: Even if the response is an emphatic, “none!”, the damage has been done. If you are hearing this question, you are more likely to accept the possibility that the person who was asked this question is a wife-beater, which is fallacious reasoning on your part.
Example #2:
How many school shootings should we tolerate before we change the gun laws?
Explanation: The presupposition is that changing the gun laws will decrease the number of school shootings. This may be the case, but it is a claim that is implied in the statement and hidden by a more complex question. Reactively, when one hears a question such as this, one's mind will attempt to search for an answer to the question—which is actually a distraction from rejecting the implicit claim being made. It is quite brilliant, but still fallacious.
Exception: It is not a fallacy if the implied information in the question is known to be an accepted fact.
How long can one survive without water?
Here, it is presumed that we need water to survive, which very few would deny that fact.
Definition of communitarianism
noun
mass noun
1A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
1.1 An ideology which emphasizes the responsibility of the individual to the community and the social importance of the family unit.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from community + -arian, on the pattern of words such as unitarian.
Definition of comrade
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/comrade
noun
1(Among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization: 'an old college comrade'
'Since those heady days, the trade union has seen a sharp decline in popularity and membership as well as bitter divisions among former friends and comrades.'
Synonyms
companion, friend; colleague, associate, partner, co-worker, fellow worker, workmate; fellow soldier; compatriot, confederate, ally;
French confrère
informal pal, buddy, crony
British informal mate, chum, oppo
North American informal bro
archaic compeer
rare consociate
1.2 A fellow socialist or communist (often as a form of address): ‘You’re right, comrade’
'Long before the revolution, he knew what he would do with those of his socialist comrades who opposed him.'
Derivatives
comradely
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmreɪdli/
adjective
'The alternative to this is not the cosy, comradely little agora of the ancient Athenians but streets filled with thousands shouting in favour of contradictory wishes and guided by neither agreed ethics nor law.'
Origin
Mid 16th century (originally also camerade): from French camerade, camarade (originally feminine), from Spanish camarada 'room-mate', from Latin camera 'chamber'. Compare with chum1.
If a companion is, literally, someone you share bread with, then a comrade is someone you share a room with. The origin of the word is Spanish camarada ‘a room-mate’, from Latin camera ‘a room’. Your comrade was originally someone who shared the same room or tent as you, often a fellow soldier. See also camera, chum
Definition of conservatism
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/conservatism
noun
[mass noun]
1Commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation.
‘proponents of theological conservatism’
2The holding of political views that favour free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas.
‘a party that espoused conservatism’
2.1 The doctrines of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere.
‘the thrust of post-war Conservatism’
Definition of confiscate
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/confiscate?
1Take or seize (someone’s property) with authority:
the guards confiscated his camera (as adjective confiscated) confiscated equipment
Authorities also began confiscating firearms from civilians.
It was the first time the authorities had confiscated vessels in their battle to clamp down on illegal fishing.
If you violate the country's camera use rules, they may confiscate your equipment and we have absolutely no recourse.
Synonyms
impound, seize, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, take possession of, sequester, sequestrate, take away, take over, take, annex;
Law distrain, attach, disseize;
Scottish Law poind
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin confiscat- 'put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury', from the verb confiscare, based on con- 'together' + fiscus 'chest, treasury'.
More
The original meaning of confiscate was ‘to take someone's property for the public treasury as a punishment’. It comes from Latin confiscare ‘to store in a chest’ or ‘to take something for the public treasury’, based on con- ‘together’ and fiscus ‘chest or treasury’, also the root of fiscal (mid 16th century).
Definition of conservative
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/conservative?
2 (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas.
Informal true blue
Origin
late Middle English (in the sense 'aiming to preserve'): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- 'conserved', from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid 19th century.
Definition of CONSERVATISM
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservatism
1capitalized
a : the principles and policies of a Conservative party
b : the Conservative party
2 a : disposition in politics to preserve what is established
b : a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change; specifically : such a philosophy calling for lower taxes, limited government regulation of business and investing, a strong national defense, and individual financial responsibility for personal needs (as retirement income or health-care coverage)
3: the tendency to prefer an existing or traditional situation to change
http://www.merriam-webster....
conservatism
belief in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society
dislike of change or new ideas in a particular area
Definition of control
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/control
noun (Plural controls)
1mass noun The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.
‘the whole operation is under the control of a production manager’
‘the situation was slipping out of her control’
1.1 The ability to manage a machine, vehicle, or other moving object.
‘he lost control of his car’
‘improve your ball control’
1.2 The restriction of an activity, tendency, or phenomenon.
‘crime control’
1.3 The ability to restrain one's own emotions or actions.
‘she was goaded beyond control’
1.4often controlscount noun A means of limiting or regulating something.
‘growing controls on local spending’
1.5count noun A switch or other device by which a device or vehicle is regulated.
‘he had the chance to take the controls and fly the glider’
‘the volume control’
1.6with modifier The place from which a system or activity is directed or where a particular item is verified.
‘passport control’
1.7Computing
‘note that Control plus various keys on the numeric keypad will move you around the text’
short for control key
2A person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.
‘platelet activity was higher in patients with the disease than in the controls’
3A member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy.
‘he sat with his KGB control as the details of his new assignment were explained’
4Bridge
A high card that will prevent the opponents from establishing a particular suit.
‘he has controls in both minor suits’
verbcontrols, controlling, controlled
1with object Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.
‘he was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy’
1.1 Maintain influence or authority over.
‘there were never enough masters to control the unruly mobs of boys’
1.2 Limit the level, intensity, or numbers of.
‘he had to control his temper’
1.3control oneself Remain calm and reasonable despite provocation.
‘her eyes flashed angrily, but she made an effort to control herself’
1.4 Regulate (a mechanical or scientific process)
‘the airflow is controlled by a fan’
2control forno object Take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment)
‘no attempt was made to control for variations’
Phrases
in control
Able to direct a situation, person, or activity.
‘from the beginning he has been in control of his own destiny’
out of control
No longer possible to manage.
‘the fire gets out of control’
under control
(of a danger or emergency) such that people are able to deal with it successfully.
‘it took two hours to bring the blaze under control’
Origin
Late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘check or verify accounts’, especially by referring to a duplicate register): from Anglo-Norman French contreroller ‘keep a copy of a roll of accounts’, from medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus ‘copy of a roll’, from contra- ‘against’ + rotulus ‘a roll’. The noun is perhaps via French contrôle.
Definition of counter-revolutionary
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/counter-revolutionary
adjective
Engaged in or promoting a revolution that opposes a previous one or reverses its results:
'there was almost no violent counter-revolutionary activity'
noun
A person who advocates or engages in a revolution that opposes a previous one or reverses its results:
'counter-revolutionaries had blown up a freighter full of armaments'
Definition of criminal
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/criminal
noun
A person who has committed a crime.
‘these men are dangerous criminals’
adjective
1Relating to crime.
‘they are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage’
‘a criminal offence’
1.1Law Relating to crime as opposed to civil matters.
‘a criminal court’
2informal (of an action or situation) deplorable and shocking.
‘he may never fulfil his potential, and that would be a criminal waste’
Origin
Late Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen, crimin- (see crime).
Definition of coercion:
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/coercion
coercion
noun
mass noun
The action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.
‘it wasn't slavery because no coercion was used’
‘He denied he had made the confession under coercion and threat, as alleged by his father.’
‘There is also a belief that worker performance is based on either rewards offered by management or the threat of coercion.’
‘If psychiatry is to move forward it is necessary, but not sufficient, to resist state coercion and to listen to patients.’
‘This is really your opportunity to be yourself, to do something without coercion from others.’
‘He refused to speculate as to the identity of the groups or individuals who had been behind the coercion.’
force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement, harassment, intimidation, threats, insistence, demand, arm-twisting, pressure, pressurization, influence
View synonyms
Pronunciation
coercion/kəʊˈəːʃ(ə)n/
Definition of cognitive dissonance:
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/cognitive_dissonance
noun
mass nounPsychology
The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions and attitude change.
‘They often underpin what psychologists call cognitive dissonance - the process of holding two mutually exclusive beliefs without noticing the inherent opposition.’
‘The cognitive dissonance inherent in this belief system makes it far less likely for a student to pursue the sciences for personal, family and community reasons.’
‘There's cognitive dissonance between our professed support for meritocracy and our behaviour when our own children are involved.’
‘Does this cognitive dissonance signal an underlying problem in my psyche?’
‘In universities, disagreement and cognitive dissonance are not to be feared but, rather, to be recognized as way stations toward greater understanding.’
Definition of collective
adjective
1Done by people acting as a group.
Origin
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘representing many individuals’): from Old French collectif, -ive or Latin collectivus, from collect- ‘gathered together’, from the verb colligere (see collect).
Definition of collectively
adverb
As a group; as a whole.
‘the vast range of resources that the American people collectively own’
‘the audience collectively winced’
Definition of collectivism:
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/collectivism
collectivism
noun
mass noun
1The practice or principle of giving a group priority over each individual in it.
‘the Church has criticized the great emphasis placed on individualism rather than collectivism’
collectivism, state ownership, socialism, radical socialism
1.1The ownership of land and the means of production by the people or the state, as a political principle or system.
‘the Russian Revolution decided to alter the course of modernity towards collectivism’
Pronunciation
collectivism/kəˈlɛktɪvɪz(ə)m/
Definition of communism
[mass noun]
A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs. See also Marxism.
The most familiar form of communism is that established by the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and it has generally been understood in terms of the system practised by the former Soviet Union and its allies in eastern Europe, in China since 1949, and in some developing countries such as Cuba, Vietnam, and North Korea. In this form of communism it was held that the state would wither away after the overthrow of the capitalist system.
In practice, however, the state grew to control all aspects of communist society. Communism in eastern Europe collapsed in the late 1980s and early 1990s against a background of failure to meet people’s economic expectations, a shift to more democracy in political life, and increasing nationalism such as that which led to the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from French communisme, from commun (see common).
Definition of communist
a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism:
I was very left-wing, but I was never a communist
adjective
adhering to or based on the principles of communism
Communism
http://www.britannica.com/topic/communism
Communism, the political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production (e.g., mines, mills, and factories) and the natural resources of a society. Communism is thus a form of socialism—a higher and more advanced form, according to its advocates. Exactly how communism differs from socialism has long been a matter of debate, but the distinction rests largely on the communists’ adherence to the revolutionary socialism of Karl Marx.
Definition of COMMUNISM
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communism
1a : a theory advocating elimination of private property
b : a system in which goods are owned in common and are available to all as needed
2capitalized
a : a doctrine based on revolutionary Marxian socialism and Marxism-Leninism that was the official ideology of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
b : a totalitarian system of government in which a single authoritarian party controls state-owned means of production
c : a final stage of society in Marxist theory in which the state has withered away and economic goods are distributed equitably
d : communist systems collectively
Full Definition of COMMUNIST
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/communist
2 capitalized : communard
3 a capitalized : a member of a Communist party or movement
b often capitalized : an adherent or advocate of a Communist government, party, or movement
4 often capitalized : one held to engage in left-wing, subversive, or revolutionary activities
Examples of COMMUNIST
'communists were plotting an overthrow of the government'
First Known Use of COMMUNIST
1840
Related to COMMUNIST
Synonyms
commie, comrade, Red, socialist
communard
Syllabification: com·mu·nard
Pronunciation: /ˈkämyəˌnärd/
Definition of communard in English:
noun
1A member of a commune.
Example sentences
The communards resolutely refused to have anything do with religious icons.
1.1 (Communard) historical A supporter of the Paris Commune.
Example sentences
For instance, if you read about the Paris Commune, whether or not you agree with the position of the Communards, the Paris Commune is a tremendously exciting story.
The Communards set about reorganising Paris along democratic socialist lines.
He was the only painter of the Impressionist group to record the destruction of the Commune, and was outraged by the ruthless way in which the Communards were massacred.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, from commune.
Complex Question Fallacy
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/69/Complex_Question_Fallacy
plurium interrogationum
(also known as: many questions fallacy, fallacy of presupposition, loaded question, trick question, false question)
Description: A question that has a presupposition built in, which implies something but protects the one asking the question from accusations of false claims. It is a form of misleading discourse, and it is a fallacy when the audience does not detect the assumed information implicit in the question, and accepts it as a fact.
Example #1:
How many times per day do you beat your wife?
Explanation: Even if the response is an emphatic, “none!”, the damage has been done. If you are hearing this question, you are more likely to accept the possibility that the person who was asked this question is a wife-beater, which is fallacious reasoning on your part.
Example #2:
How many school shootings should we tolerate before we change the gun laws?
Explanation: The presupposition is that changing the gun laws will decrease the number of school shootings. This may be the case, but it is a claim that is implied in the statement and hidden by a more complex question. Reactively, when one hears a question such as this, one's mind will attempt to search for an answer to the question—which is actually a distraction from rejecting the implicit claim being made. It is quite brilliant, but still fallacious.
Exception: It is not a fallacy if the implied information in the question is known to be an accepted fact.
How long can one survive without water?
Here, it is presumed that we need water to survive, which very few would deny that fact.
Definition of communitarianism
noun
mass noun
1A theory or system of social organization based on small self-governing communities.
1.1 An ideology which emphasizes the responsibility of the individual to the community and the social importance of the family unit.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from community + -arian, on the pattern of words such as unitarian.
Definition of comrade
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/comrade
noun
1(Among men) a colleague or a fellow member of an organization: 'an old college comrade'
'Since those heady days, the trade union has seen a sharp decline in popularity and membership as well as bitter divisions among former friends and comrades.'
Synonyms
companion, friend; colleague, associate, partner, co-worker, fellow worker, workmate; fellow soldier; compatriot, confederate, ally;
French confrère
informal pal, buddy, crony
British informal mate, chum, oppo
North American informal bro
archaic compeer
rare consociate
1.2 A fellow socialist or communist (often as a form of address): ‘You’re right, comrade’
'Long before the revolution, he knew what he would do with those of his socialist comrades who opposed him.'
Derivatives
comradely
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmreɪdli/
adjective
'The alternative to this is not the cosy, comradely little agora of the ancient Athenians but streets filled with thousands shouting in favour of contradictory wishes and guided by neither agreed ethics nor law.'
Origin
Mid 16th century (originally also camerade): from French camerade, camarade (originally feminine), from Spanish camarada 'room-mate', from Latin camera 'chamber'. Compare with chum1.
If a companion is, literally, someone you share bread with, then a comrade is someone you share a room with. The origin of the word is Spanish camarada ‘a room-mate’, from Latin camera ‘a room’. Your comrade was originally someone who shared the same room or tent as you, often a fellow soldier. See also camera, chum
Definition of conservatism
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/conservatism
[mass noun]
1Commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation.
‘proponents of theological conservatism’
2The holding of political views that favour free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas.
‘a party that espoused conservatism’
2.1 The doctrines of the Conservative Party of Great Britain or a similar party elsewhere.
‘the thrust of post-war Conservatism’
Definition of confiscate
https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/confiscate?
1Take or seize (someone’s property) with authority:
the guards confiscated his camera (as adjective confiscated) confiscated equipment
Authorities also began confiscating firearms from civilians.
It was the first time the authorities had confiscated vessels in their battle to clamp down on illegal fishing.
If you violate the country's camera use rules, they may confiscate your equipment and we have absolutely no recourse.
Synonyms
impound, seize, commandeer, requisition, appropriate, expropriate, take possession of, sequester, sequestrate, take away, take over, take, annex;
Law distrain, attach, disseize;
Scottish Law poind
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin confiscat- 'put away in a chest, consigned to the public treasury', from the verb confiscare, based on con- 'together' + fiscus 'chest, treasury'.
More
The original meaning of confiscate was ‘to take someone's property for the public treasury as a punishment’. It comes from Latin confiscare ‘to store in a chest’ or ‘to take something for the public treasury’, based on con- ‘together’ and fiscus ‘chest or treasury’, also the root of fiscal (mid 16th century).
Definition of conservative
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/conservative?
2 (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas.
Informal true blue
Origin
late Middle English (in the sense 'aiming to preserve'): from late Latin conservativus, from conservat- 'conserved', from the verb conservare (see conserve). Current senses date from the mid 19th century.
Definition of CONSERVATISM
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conservatism
1capitalized
a : the principles and policies of a Conservative party
b : the Conservative party
2 a : disposition in politics to preserve what is established
b : a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change; specifically : such a philosophy calling for lower taxes, limited government regulation of business and investing, a strong national defense, and individual financial responsibility for personal needs (as retirement income or health-care coverage)
3: the tendency to prefer an existing or traditional situation to change
http://www.merriam-webster....
conservatism
belief in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society
dislike of change or new ideas in a particular area
Definition of control
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/control
noun (Plural controls)
1mass noun The power to influence or direct people's behaviour or the course of events.
‘the whole operation is under the control of a production manager’
‘the situation was slipping out of her control’
1.1 The ability to manage a machine, vehicle, or other moving object.
‘he lost control of his car’
‘improve your ball control’
1.2 The restriction of an activity, tendency, or phenomenon.
‘crime control’
1.3 The ability to restrain one's own emotions or actions.
‘she was goaded beyond control’
1.4often controlscount noun A means of limiting or regulating something.
‘growing controls on local spending’
1.5count noun A switch or other device by which a device or vehicle is regulated.
‘he had the chance to take the controls and fly the glider’
‘the volume control’
1.6with modifier The place from which a system or activity is directed or where a particular item is verified.
‘passport control’
1.7Computing
‘note that Control plus various keys on the numeric keypad will move you around the text’
short for control key
2A person or thing used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.
‘platelet activity was higher in patients with the disease than in the controls’
3A member of an intelligence organization who personally directs the activities of a spy.
‘he sat with his KGB control as the details of his new assignment were explained’
4Bridge
A high card that will prevent the opponents from establishing a particular suit.
‘he has controls in both minor suits’
verbcontrols, controlling, controlled
1with object Determine the behaviour or supervise the running of.
‘he was appointed to control the company's marketing strategy’
1.1 Maintain influence or authority over.
‘there were never enough masters to control the unruly mobs of boys’
1.2 Limit the level, intensity, or numbers of.
‘he had to control his temper’
1.3control oneself Remain calm and reasonable despite provocation.
‘her eyes flashed angrily, but she made an effort to control herself’
1.4 Regulate (a mechanical or scientific process)
‘the airflow is controlled by a fan’
2control forno object Take into account (an extraneous factor that might affect the results of an experiment)
‘no attempt was made to control for variations’
Phrases
in control
Able to direct a situation, person, or activity.
‘from the beginning he has been in control of his own destiny’
out of control
No longer possible to manage.
‘the fire gets out of control’
under control
(of a danger or emergency) such that people are able to deal with it successfully.
‘it took two hours to bring the blaze under control’
Origin
Late Middle English (as a verb in the sense ‘check or verify accounts’, especially by referring to a duplicate register): from Anglo-Norman French contreroller ‘keep a copy of a roll of accounts’, from medieval Latin contrarotulare, from contrarotulus ‘copy of a roll’, from contra- ‘against’ + rotulus ‘a roll’. The noun is perhaps via French contrôle.
Definition of counter-revolutionary
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/counter-revolutionary
adjective
Engaged in or promoting a revolution that opposes a previous one or reverses its results:
'there was almost no violent counter-revolutionary activity'
noun
A person who advocates or engages in a revolution that opposes a previous one or reverses its results:
'counter-revolutionaries had blown up a freighter full of armaments'
Definition of criminal
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/criminal
noun
A person who has committed a crime.
‘these men are dangerous criminals’
adjective
1Relating to crime.
‘they are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage’
‘a criminal offence’
1.1Law Relating to crime as opposed to civil matters.
‘a criminal court’
2informal (of an action or situation) deplorable and shocking.
‘he may never fulfil his potential, and that would be a criminal waste’
Origin
Late Middle English (as an adjective): from late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen, crimin- (see crime).
Comments
Post a Comment