Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
- Episcopalianism
- the theological doctrine of church government by bishops
- paracosm
- a prolonged fantasy world invented by children; can have a definite geography and language and history
- emergency medicine
- the branch of medicine concerned with the prompt diagnosis and treatment of injuries or trauma or sudden illness
- quintessence
- the purest and most concentrated essence of something
- breed
- a special type
- information
- knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- mind
- attention
- macumba
- a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing and chanting and dancing
- twinge
- a sharp stab of pain
- meditation
- (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
- deconstruction
- a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning
- Caesaropapism
- the doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters
- philosophy
- any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
- hypothetical
- a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
- paleoanthropology
- the scientific study of human fossils
- asceticism
- the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
- works program
- a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds
- z-axis
- the third axis in a 3-dimensional coordinate system
- alchemy
- a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
- PSA blood test
- a blood test that measures levels of a protein called prostate specific antigen that is manufactured exclusively by the prostate gland; men with prostate problems usually have elevated levels of PSA
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