Encyclopedia - Emotion: Encyclopedia - Emotion
Emotions are essentially impulses that move an organism to action, originating automatic reaction behavior which has been adapted through...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotion: Encyclopedia Ii - Emotion - Relation To Cultural And Social Factors
Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness Sorrow Surprise It is not clear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emotion: Encyclopedia Ii - Emotion - Theoretical Traditions
According to Cornelius (1996), four main theoretical traditions have dominated research in emotions starting in the 1800's with Darwin's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shit: Encyclopedia - Shit
Shit is a vernacular word in Modern English denoting feces, the byproduct of digestion. It is an old and native English word, but followi...   » Read the article

Article - Education And Spirituality: Education Is Key To Spirituality  
We are schooled to know about our society and nature but not about ourselves, especially the nature of our mind and our spiritual pote...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia - Art
ˈ Art (or the creative arts) commonly refers to the act and process of making material works (or artworks) which, from concept to creati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jealousy: Encyclopedia - Jealousy
Acceptance Anger Anticipation Boredom Disgust Envy Fear Guilt Hate Hope Joy Jealousy Love Remorse Sadness Sorrow Surprise Jealousy is an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia - Deity
A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metaphor: Encyclopedia - Metaphor
In language, a metaphor (from the Greek: metapherin) is a rhetorical trope defined as a direct comparison between two seemingly unrelated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics, Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia - Psychedelics, Dissociatives And Deliriants
Certain drugs can affect the subjective qualities of perception, thought or emotion, resulting in altered interpretations of sensory inpu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants
Certain drugs can affect the subjective qualities of perception, thought or emotion, resulting in altered interpretations of sensory inpu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fakir: Encyclopedia - Fakir
This article is in need of attention. You can help Wikipedia by editing it into a better article. Please also consider changing this noti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Limerence: Encyclopedia - Limerence
Limerence is a state of mind that, in standard English, is often referred to either as "being in love" (as distinct from "loving" someone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Typographical Error: Encyclopedia - Typographical Error
A typographical error, or typo, is a mistake made during the typing process. The term includes errors due to slips of the hand or finger ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brothers Grimm: Encyclopedia - Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm (Gebrüder Grimm) are Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, German professors best known for publishing collections of authentic fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Birth Of Tragedy: Encyclopedia - The Birth Of Tragedy
The Birth of Tragedy (Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik, 1872) is a 19th Century work of philosophy by Friedrich Nietzsch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genius: Encyclopedia - Genius
A genius is a person with distinguished mental prowess. This can manifest either as a foremost intellect, or as an outstanding creative t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vanir: Encyclopedia - Vanir
Vanir is the name of one of the two groups of gods in Norse mythology, the other and more well known being the Æsir. The name is perhaps...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl: Encyclopedia - Girl
A girl is a young female human, as opposed to a boy, a young male human. The age at which a female person transitions from girl to woman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heterosexuality: Encyclopedia - Heterosexuality
Biological factors / Choice / Environment Demographics / History Gender role / Gender identity Human sexual behavior / Animal sexuality C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Man: Encyclopedia - Man
A man is a male human adult, in contrast to an adult female, which is a woman. The term man (irregular plural: men) is a term used to ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bullshit: Encyclopedia - Bullshit
Bullshit (often abbreviated bull or BS) is a common English expletive meaning "humbug" or "nonsense". It implies that the purveyor of all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Friendship: Encyclopedia - Friendship
Friendship is a human relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, and affection. Friends will welcome each other's company and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia - Human
Humans or human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the mammalian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shit: Encyclopedia Ii - Shit - More Examples
Shit - Insults. You shitface! (insult) Shitbag (another insult) You little shit! (directed at small, annoying child) You don't know ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shit: Encyclopedia Ii - Shit - Usage
The word shit is used by English speakers, but it is considered vulgar, and thus is usually avoided in formal speech. A less vulgar subst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Differences In Defining Art
Definitions of art and aesthetic arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may be defined by the intention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Differences In Defining Art
Definitions of art and aesthetic arguments usually proceed from one of several possible perspectives. Art may be defined by the intention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Related Issues
Art - Social criticism. Art is often seen as belonging to one social class and excluding others. In this context, art is seen as a high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Currently Recognized Forms Of Art
There are a variety of arts, including visual arts and design, decorative arts, plastic arts, and the performing arts. Artistic expressio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Related Issues
Art - Social criticism. Art is often seen as belonging to one social class and excluding others. In this context, art is seen as a high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Art Forms
There are a variety of arts, including visual arts and design, decorative arts, plastic arts, and the performing arts. Artistic expressio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Art - Defining Art
There is often confusion about the meaning of the term art because multiple meanings of the word are used interchangeably. Individuals us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shit: Encyclopedia Ii - Shit - Etymology
Scholars trace the word back to Old Norse origin (skīta), and it is virtually certain that it was used in some form by preliterate Germa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shit: Encyclopedia Ii - Shit - Acceptance
Recently the word shit has become increasingly acceptable on American television and radio (in Britain this has been the case for some ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patronus Charm: Encyclopedia Ii - Patronus Charm - The Patronus Charm
The Patronus Charm is simple in theory, but hard to perform properly. The spell requires the use of a wand and the incantation "Expecto P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patronus Charm: Encyclopedia Ii - Patronus Charm - The Patronus
The Patronus Charm conjures an incarnation of the caster's innermost positive feelings, such as joy, hope, or the desire to survive, know...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asceticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Asceticism - Etymology
The adjective "ascetic" derives from the ancient Greek term askesis (practice, training or exercise). Originally associated with any form...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants - Psychedelics
The psychedelic (mind manifesting) drugs are classified as those whose primary action is that of enhancing or amplifying the thought proc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Arhat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Arhat
Arhat (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root arh to be worthy, merit, be able)   Worthy, deserving; also enemy slayer (from ari enemy +...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homophobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Homophobia - Fear Of Being Identified As A Homosexual
A component considered to play into homophobia, as considered by some theorists, such as Calvin Thomas and Judith Butler, is an individua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Propaganda: Encyclopedia Ii - Propaganda - Purpose Of Propaganda
The aim of propaganda is to influence people's opinions actively, rather than to merely communicate the facts about something. For exampl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goth: Encyclopedia Ii - Goth - Cultural Significance And Philosophy
The goth subculture is best seen as a late offshoot of romanticism and neoromanticism, with its fascination with the importance of the in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homophobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Homophobia - Internalized Homophobia
Internalized homophobia (or ego-dystonic homophobia) usually refers to homophobia as a prejudice carried by homosexuals against themselve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soul: Encyclopedia Ii - Soul - Philosophical Views
The Ancient Greeks used the same word for 'alive' as for 'ensouled'. So the earliest surviving Western philosophical view might suggest t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Evil: Encyclopedia Ii - Evil - Is Evil A Useful Term?
The definition of evil has engendered some debate, much as the term terrorism has. It has been said that evil is subjective, that one per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Definition Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - Definition Of Music - Music As Language
Many definitions of music implicitly hold that music is a communicative activity which conveys to the listener moods, emotions, thoughts,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homophobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Homophobia - Internalized Homophobia
Internalized homophobia (or ego-dystonic homophobia) usually refers to homophobia as a prejudice carried by homosexuals against themselve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homophobia: Encyclopedia Ii - Homophobia - Fear Of Being Identified As A Homosexual
A component considered to play into homophobia, as considered by some theorists, such as Calvin Thomas and Judith Butler, is an individua...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magic: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Magic
MAGIC From Latin magi, pl. (Greek magoi, pl. of magos, a Magian, one of the Median tribe; also an enchanter, properly a wise-man who i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jealousy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jealousy - Etymology
The word stems from the French jalousie, formed from jaloux (jealous), and further from Low Latin zelosus (full of zeal), and from the Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bullshit: Encyclopedia Ii - Bullshit - Etymology
Bull, meaning nonsense, dates from around the 17th century (Concise Oxford Dictionary), whereas the term bullshit was first used in 1915,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jealousy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jealousy - Individual Coping
Where jealousy produces excessive discomfort or relationship difficulties, several strategies are available to reduce it. These include d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Childfree: Encyclopedia Ii - Childfree - Etymology And Usage
The term stands in contrast to "childless", which some argue implies that children are "lacking" and desired; childfree persons would arg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shall And Will: Encyclopedia Ii - Shall And Will - Etymology
Both shall and will are verbs of ancient Germanic ancestry. In Proto-Indo-European, an inflected future tense existed, but that tense was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brothers Grimm: Encyclopedia Ii - Brothers Grimm - Linguistics
In the very early 19th century, the time in which the Brothers Grimm lived, the Holy Roman Empire had just met its fate, and Germany as w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lataif-e-sitta: Encyclopedia Ii - Lataif-e-sitta - Latifa-e-nafsi
This is the first of these Lataif, located slightly below the navel, and is associated with yellow color. Its energies are increased by m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fairy: Encyclopedia Ii - Fairy - Etymology
The words fae and faerie came to English from French and, ultimately, Latin. An interesting correlation is the word "fey," which may be d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Man: Encyclopedia Ii - Man - Etymology
The term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canonical Spells In The World Of Harry Potter: Encyclopedia Ii - Canonical Spells In The World Of Harry Potter - E
Canonical spells in the world of Harry Potter - Engorgio The Engorgement Charm. Pronunciation: en-GORJ-ee-oh /ɛngordʒio/ Description...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brothers Grimm: Encyclopedia Ii - Brothers Grimm - Collections Of Fairy Tales
In 1812, the brothers published a collection of authentic German fairy tales they had gathered in a volume titled as Kinder- und Hausmär...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tool Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Tool Band - Etymology
The name "Tool" was alleged by drummer Danny Carey in a 1994 interview to mean that the band served its fans as a tool through which thos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tool Band: Encyclopedia Ii - Tool Band - Etymology
The name "Tool" was alleged by drummer Danny Carey in a 1994 interview to mean that the band served its fans as a tool through which thos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants - Etymology And Alternative Terms
A variety of different, imprecise terms have also been used to refer to drugs of this type. One of the first terms used in English to des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jealousy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jealousy - Social Psychology
The incidence of jealousy and the types of situations that give rise to jealousy vary markedly across societies. Margaret Mead reports a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brothers Grimm: Encyclopedia Ii - Brothers Grimm - Biography
Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhem Karl Grimm were born in 1785 and 1786, respectively, in Hanau near Frankfurt. They were educated at th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e: Encyclopedia Ii - Final Fantasy Bestiary A-e - Antica
The Antica are one of the races of Beastmen in Final Fantasy XI. They have transformed the former Galkan capital of Altepa into the centr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Typographical Error: Encyclopedia Ii - Typographical Error - Intentional Errors
The emergence of Usenet and the World Wide Web as popular forms of mass-communication brought with it many people who are not skilled typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tolkien Fandom: Encyclopedia Ii - Tolkien Fandom - Effects Of The Films
The number of fans (and the number of people who will admit in public to being fans) has increased enormously due to the benefits of mass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achilles Tatius: Encyclopedia Ii - Achilles Tatius - Analysis
The first appraisal of this work comes from Photius' Bibliotheca, where we find: "the diction and composition are excellent, the style di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tolkien Fandom: Encyclopedia Ii - Tolkien Fandom - Effects Of The Films
The number of fans (and the number of people who will admit in public to being fans) has increased enormously due to the benefits of mass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brothers Grimm: Encyclopedia Ii - Brothers Grimm - Biography
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhem Karl Grimm were born in 1785 and 1786, respectively, in Hanau near Frankfurt. They were educated at th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Worship
Apollo is considered to have dominion over plague, beauty, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Worship
Apollo is considered to have dominion over plague, beauty, light, healing, colonists, medicine, archery, poetry, prophecy, dance, reason,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl: Encyclopedia Ii - Girl - Demographics
There are 2.18 billion people (est. UNICEF, 2004) aged 18 or under in the world, for a total of more than one billion living girls. From ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl: Encyclopedia Ii - Girl - Art And Literature
Portrayals of girls may reflect their standing in the artists' culture, and a brief overview of different views of girls in different art...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants - Pharmacology
Hallucinogens can be classified by quality of action, mechanisms of action, or by chemical structure. These classifications often correla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants - Pharmacological Classes Of Hallucinogens
Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Psychedelics serotonin 5-HT2A receptor agonists. Tryptamines Lysergamides Phenethylamin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants - Hallucinogenic Plants Fungi And Animals
Among the most well-known hallucinogenic plants and fungi are: Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Plants. Ayahuasca (contain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants - Dissociatives
A dissociative is a drug which reduces (or blocks) signals to the conscious mind from other parts of the brain, typically (but not necess...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants - Deliriants
The deliriants (or anticholinergics) are a special class of dissociative which are antagonists for the acetylcholine receptors (unlike mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yuri Animation: Encyclopedia Ii - Yuri Animation - Definition And Semantic Drift
Much like the term otaku, yuri, although originally a Japanese loanword, has undergone significant semantic drift. The precise difference...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Euphemism: Encyclopedia Ii - Euphemism - The Evolution Of Euphemisms
Euphemisms may be formed in a number of ways. Periphrasis or circumlocution is one of the most common -- to "speak around" a given word, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delicatessen: Encyclopedia Ii - Delicatessen - The Us Delicatessen
The delicatessen as found in the cities of the United States (and occasionally Canada) emphasizes take-out food. It is a boon to the cont...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jealousy: Encyclopedia Ii - Jealousy - Social Psychology
The incidence of jealousy and the types of situations that give rise to jealousy vary across societies. Margaret Mead reports a number of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl: Encyclopedia Ii - Girl - Gender Roles
In almost all cultures, girls have been socialized into gender roles. Girls have traditionally been associated with playing with dolls an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl: Encyclopedia Ii - Girl - Popular Culture
European fairy tales include some memorable stories about girls, including Goldilocks and the Three Bears; Hans Christian Andersen's The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Girl: Encyclopedia Ii - Girl - Usage
By the 1700s, there was a difference in some uses of the word between England and the Americas. In England, a "girl" was often a serving ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Athena: Encyclopedia Ii - Athena - History
Athena has no Greek etymology, and probably was already a goddess in the Aegean before the coming of the Greeks, although her name is not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celt: Encyclopedia Ii - Celt - Celts As Head-hunters
"Amongst the Celts the human head was venerated above all else, since the head was to the Celt the soul, centre of the emotions as well a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Satanism - Satanic Philosophy
LaVey's "9 Satanic Statements", a sort of philosophical outline to defining Satanism, were as follows: Satan represents indulgence inste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celt: Encyclopedia Ii - Celt - Celts As Head-hunters
"Amongst the Celts the human head was venerated above all else, since the head was to the Celt the soul, centre of the emotions as well a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Literary History
The word robot comes from the word robota meaning "drudgery" in Czech and "work" in Slovak. The word robot was first used in its modern s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychedelics Dissociatives And Deliriants - Hallucinogenic Plants Fungi And Animals
Among the best-known hallucinogenic plants and fungi are: Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Plants. Ayahuasca (contains DMT...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Effeminacy: Encyclopedia Ii - Effeminacy - History
Effeminacy - Etymology. Effeminacy comes from the Latin, ex which is "out" and femina which means woman; it basically means to be like ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Red Dwarf: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Dwarf - Invented Words
Red Dwarf famously employed a vocabulary of fictional expletives in order to avoid using potentially-offensive expletives in the show, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Red Dwarf: Encyclopedia Ii - Red Dwarf - Invented Words
Red Dwarf famously employed a vocabulary of fictional expletives in order to avoid using potentially-offensive expletives in the show, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuwaubianism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuwaubianism - Other Curious Beliefs
Nuwaubianism - Human origins. Everyone is originally conceived as twins, but usually only one of the twins survives to be born.[31] It...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iii - E
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages III - E . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article