| CONSTRUCTIVISMS | • constructivisms n. Plural of constructivism. • CONSTRUCTIVISM n. a nonobjective art movement originating in Russia and concerned with formal organization of planes and expression of volume in terms of modern industrial materials such as glass and plastic. |
| DESCRIPTIVISMS | • descriptivisms n. Plural of descriptivism. • DESCRIPTIVISM n. a theory of ethics by which only empirical statements are acceptable. |
| DESTRUCTIVISMS | • DESTRUCTIVISM n. the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole. |
| EXCLUSIVISMS | • exclusivisms n. Plural of exclusivism. • EXCLUSIVISM n. the practice of excluding or of being exclusive. |
| MISCHIEVOUSNESS | • mischievousness n. The characteristic of being mischievous; the tendency to make mischief. • MISCHIEVOUS n. given to mischief. |
| MUCOVISCIDOSES | • MUCOVISCIDOSIS n. cystic fibrosis. |
| MUCOVISCIDOSIS | • mucoviscidosis n. (Pathology) Cystic fibrosis. • MUCOVISCIDOSIS n. cystic fibrosis. |
| OVERPESSIMISTIC | • overpessimistic adj. More pessimistic than is warranted. • OVERPESSIMISTIC adj. excessively pessimistic. |
| PERSPECTIVISMS | • perspectivisms n. Plural of perspectivism. • PERSPECTIVISM n. the theory that things can only be known from an individual point of view at a particular time. |
| PRESCRIPTIVISMS | • prescriptivisms n. Plural of prescriptivism. • PRESCRIPTIVISM n. the belief that moral edicts are merely orders with no truth value. |
| SLACKTIVISMS | • SLACKTIVISM n. the carrying out of feelgood measures, in support of an issue or social cause, that have little or no practical effect other than to make the person doing it feel satisfaction, also SLACTIVISM. |
| SLACTIVISMS | • SLACTIVISM n. the carrying out of feelgood measures, in support of an issue or social cause, that have little or no practical effect other than to make the person doing it feel satisfaction, also SLACKTIVISM. |
| SUBJECTIVISMS | • subjectivisms n. Plural of subjectivism. • SUBJECTIVISM n. the doctrine that all knowledge is subjective. |
| VISCOSIMETERS | • viscosimeters n. Plural of viscosimeter. • VISCOSIMETER n. an instrument for measuring viscosity, also VISCOMETER. |
| VISCOSIMETRIES | • VISCOSIMETRY n. the measurement of viscosity, also VISCOMETRY. |