| ACADEMICISM | • academicism n. (Classical studies, sometimes capitalized) The doctrines of Plato’s academy; specifically the skeptical… • academicism n. (Art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism. • academicism n. Speculative thoughts and attitudes. |
| ASTIGMATISM | • astigmatism n. (Optics) A defect of a lens such that light rays coming from a point do not meet at a focal point so… • astigmatism n. (Pathology) A disorder of the vision, usually due to a misshapen cornea, such that light does not focus… • ASTIGMATISM n. a defect in the eye or a lens by which rays from a single source are not focused at a single point, also ASTIGMIA. |
| DRAMATICISM | • dramaticism n. The habit of performing actions in a histrionic manner. • DRAMATICISM n. the quality of being dramatic. |
| IMMANATIONS | • immanations n. Plural of immanation. • IMMANATION n. a flowing in. |
| MAMMALITIES | • MAMMALITY n. the state of being a mammal. |
| MANDARINISM | • mandarinism n. A government of mandarins; character or spirit of the mandarins. • MANDARINISM n. the state of being a mandarin. |
| MANORIALISM | • manorialism n. A political, economic and social system in medieval and early modern Europe; originally a form of serfdom… • MANORIALISM n. the system of having manors. |
| MARGINALISM | • marginalism n. (Economics) The use of marginal analysis to solve large classes of microeconomic problems. • MARGINALISM n. an economic theory that the value of a product depends on its value to the final consumer. |
| MARMALISING | • marmalising v. Present participle of marmalise. • MARMALISE v. (slang) to beat soundly, also MARMALIZE, MARMELISE, MARMELIZE. |
| MARMARISING | • MARMARISE v. to convert limestone into marble, also MARMARIZE. |
| MARTIALISMS | • MARTIALISM n. the quality of being warlike; exercises suitable for war. |
| MATERIALISM | • materialism n. Constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns. • materialism n. (Philosophy) The philosophical belief that nothing exists beyond what is physical. • materialism n. (Obsolete, rare) Material substances in the aggregate; matter. |
| MAXIMALISTS | • maximalists n. Plural of maximalist. • Maximalists n. Plural of Maximalist. • MAXIMALIST n. a revolutionary, a Bolshevik. |
| MAXIMATIONS | • MAXIMATION n. the act of maximising, also MAXIMISATION, MAXIMIZATION. |
| MIASMATICAL | • miasmatical adj. Alternative form of miasmatic. • MIASMATICAL adj. of or like a miasma, also MIASMATOUS. |
| MIASMICALLY | • miasmically adv. In a miasmic manner. • MIASMIC adv. of or like a miasma, also MIASMAL, MIASMATIC, MIASMOUS. |
| MISMANAGING | • mismanaging v. Present participle of mismanage. • MISMANAGE v. to manage wrongly. |
| MISMARRIAGE | • mismarriage n. Bad or unsuitable marriage. • MISMARRIAGE n. an unsuitable marriage. |