| AESTHETICISM | • aestheticism n. A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard. • æstheticism n. Alternative spelling of aestheticism. • AESTHETICISM n. the doctrine that beauty is central to other moral principles, also ESTHETICISM. |
| ANTIHUMANIST | • antihumanist adj. (Ethics) Opposing humanism. • antihumanist n. (Ethics) One who opposes humanism. |
| ATHLETICISMS | • athleticisms n. Plural of athleticism. • ATHLETICISM n. the quality of being athletic. |
| CHREMATISTIC | • chrematistic adj. Related to wealth as far as it can be calculated in terms of money. • CHREMATISTIC adj. pertaining to business or the pursuit of wealth. |
| DITHYRAMBIST | • DITHYRAMBIST n. one who sings dithyrambic hymns. |
| HAMARTHRITIS | • hamarthritis n. Generalized arthritis, affecting all the joints. • HAMARTHRITIS n. gout in all the joints. |
| IATROCHEMIST | • iatrochemist n. Someone who practiced iatrochemistry. • IATROCHEMIST n. a practitioner of iatrochemistry. |
| MAILSHOTTING | • mailshotting v. Present participle of mailshot. • MAILSHOT v. to send unsolicited items by post. |
| MITHRIDATISE | • mithridatise v. (UK) Alternative form of mithridatize. • MITHRIDATISE v. to acquire immunity to a poison acquired by taking gradually increased doses of it, also MITHRIDATIZE. |
| MITHRIDATISM | • mithridatism n. The practice of gradually ingesting successively greater amounts of a poison in order to build immunity. • MITHRIDATISM n. immunity to poison by taking increasingly large doses. |
| NIGHTMARIEST | • NIGHTMARY adj. like a nightmare, also NIGHTMARISH. |
| OPHTHALMITIS | • ophthalmitis n. Severe conjunctivitis. • OPHTHALMITIS n. ophthalmia. |
| STICHOMYTHIA | • stichomythia n. (Poetry) A technique in drama or poetry, in which alternating lines, or half-lines, are given to alternating… • STICHOMYTHIA n. dialogue in alternate lines, also STICHOMYTHY. |
| THEATRICISMS | • theatricisms n. Plural of theatricism. • THEATRICISM n. theatricality, affectation, staginess. |
| TRIUMPHALIST | • triumphalist adj. Proud of one’s belief or culture, and having a feeling of superiority. • triumphalist n. A triumphalist person. • TRIUMPHALIST n. one who engages in triumphalism. |