| EMPIRICIST | • empiricist n. An advocate or supporter of empiricism. • EMPIRICIST n. an empiric. |
| IMPAINTING | • impainting v. Present participle of impaint. • IMPAINT v. (Shakespeare) to paint or depict. |
| IMPARITIES | • imparities n. Plural of imparity. • IMPARITY n. lack of equality. |
| IMPEDITIVE | • impeditive adj. (Archaic) Causing hindrance; impeding. • IMPEDITIVE adj. causing hindrance; impeding. |
| IMPLICITLY | • implicitly adv. In an implicit or implied manner. • implicitly adv. Without doubting or questioning. • IMPLICIT adv. implied but not stated. |
| IMPOSITION | • imposition n. The act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like. • imposition n. An unwelcome burden, presence, or obligation. • imposition n. That which is imposed, levied, or enjoined. |
| IMPRINTING | • imprinting n. (Psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age… • imprinting v. Present participle of imprint. • IMPRINTING n. a learning process in young animals in which their social preferences become restricted to their own species, or a substitute for this. |
| IMPUDICITY | • impudicity n. (Formal) immodesty; shamelessness. • IMPUDICITY n. immodesty, shamelessness. |
| IMPUNITIES | • impunities n. Plural of impunity. • IMPUNITY n. exemption from penalty. |
| IMPURITIES | • impurities n. Plural of impurity. • IMPURITY n. something that is impure. |
| OPTIMISING | • optimising v. Present participle of optimise. • OPTIMISE v. to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMIZE. |
| OPTIMISTIC | • optimistic adj. Expecting the best in all possible ways. • optimistic adj. (Computing) Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and… • OPTIMISTIC adj. having optimism, also OPTIMISTICAL. |
| OPTIMIZING | • optimizing v. Present participle of optimize. • optimizing adj. Carrying out optimization. • OPTIMIZE v. to make as effective as possible, also OPTIMISE. |
| POSITIVISM | • positivism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that… • positivism n. (Law) A school of thought in jurisprudence in which the law is seen as separated from moral values;… • POSITIVISM n. the doctrine that that which is not observable is not knowable. |
| PRIMITIVES | • primitives n. Plural of primitive. • PRIMITIVE n. an uncivilised person. |
| SIMPLICITY | • simplicity n. The state or quality of being simple. • simplicity n. (Archaic, rare) An act or instance of foolishness. • SIMPLICITY n. the state of being simple. |
| SIMPLISTIC | • simplistic adj. Overly simple. • simplistic adj. In a manner that simplifies a concept or issue so that its nuance and complexity are lost or important… • SIMPLISTIC adj. tending to oversimplify. |
| SPIRITISMS | • spiritisms n. Plural of spiritism. • SPIRITISM n. the belief that nothing is real except the soul or spirit, also SPIRITUALISM. |