| COGNITIVISM | • cognitivism n. (Philosophy) The view that ethical sentences express propositions and are therefore capable of being true or false. • cognitivism n. (Art) The view that a work of art is valuable if it contributes to knowledge. • cognitivism n. (Psychology) The view that mental function can be understood as the internal manipulation of symbols… |
| COGNITIVISMS | • COGNITIVISM n. the metaethical thesis that moral judgments state facts and so are either true or false. |
| DISIMPROVING | • disimproving v. Present participle of disimprove. • DISIMPROVE v. to make worse. |
| GINGIVECTOMIES | • gingivectomies n. Plural of gingivectomy. • GINGIVECTOMY n. a surgical incision of the gums. |
| IMPOVERISHING | • impoverishing v. Present participle of impoverish. • IMPOVERISH v. to make poor, also EMPOVERISH. |
| IMPROVISATING | • improvisating v. Present participle of improvisate. • IMPROVISATE v. (obsolete) to improvise. |
| IMPROVISING | • improvising v. Present participle of improvise. • improvising n. Improvisation. • IMPROVISE v. to compose and recite, or perform, without preparation. |
| MISCONCEIVING | • misconceiving v. Present participle of misconceive. • misconceiving adj. Having false ideas; misleading. • MISCONCEIVE v. to conceive wrongly. |
| MISIMPROVING | • misimproving v. Present participle of misimprove. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| NONCOGNITIVISM | • noncognitivism n. (Philosophy) The metaethical view that ethical sentences do not express propositions and thus cannot be true or false. • NONCOGNITIVISM n. something that is not cognitivism. |
| NONCOGNITIVISMS | • noncognitivisms n. Plural of noncognitivism. • NONCOGNITIVISM n. something that is not cognitivism. |
| OVERIMAGINATIVE | • overimaginative adj. Excessively imaginative. • OVERIMAGINATIVE adj. excessively imaginative. |
| OVERSIMPLIFYING | • oversimplifying v. Present participle of oversimplify. • OVERSIMPLIFY v. to simplify to such an extent as to bring about distortion, misunderstanding, or error. |
| PRIMOGENITIVE | • primogenitive n. (Obsolete) primogeniture. • PRIMOGENITIVE n. (Shakespeare) primogeniture, also PRIMOGENITURE. |
| PRIMOGENITIVES | • PRIMOGENITIVE n. (Shakespeare) primogeniture, also PRIMOGENITURE. |
| VERMILIONING | • vermilioning v. Present participle of vermilion. • VERMILION v. to make vermilion. |