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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary Definitions

might be termed the "straightforward" meanings of the words, he frequently adds a commentary of his own which sometimes refers to ...

Immigrants and the Definition of Steerage

States. This simple information thus far illustrates that those people in steerage were, first and foremost, considered less tha...

Love Definition and Research

being wholly inferior. Others claim love is for the weak of both mind and spirit, the weak-willed who cannot live their lives alo...

Race Definitions Discussion

group of individuals believes they are superior in some way to another group. Perhaps one of the most poignant and evident exampl...

Aesthetics Definition and Modernism

such as slavery, racism, imperialism and World War I (Lavender, 2000). Modernists, in contrast to the Victorians, focused on human...

Definitions of Inflation and Unemployment

family borrowed $10,000 at 8 percent interest in 1978, to repay $10,800 in 1979, because of inflation (i.e., prices increasing), t...

Definition and Accuracy Assessment of Efficient Market Hypothesis

in a logical manner; "An efficient market is defined as a market where there are large numbers of rational, profit-maximizers, act...

Definitions in Art

Ages to the beginning of the Renaissance (roughly from the fifth to the sixteenth centuries) (Artcyclopedia). Generally religious ...

Definition of Brownfields

factory setting, then many of the buildings can be recycled into the new building plan, thus saving the developer on building cost...

Definition and Role of European Feudalism

of the peasants), monasticism (an organization of the churchmen), and feudalism (the institution of the aristocracy) (Nelson, 2002...

Ethics and Definition Regarding the Abortion Issue

of the above arguments, however, is the right of the fetus to live. As has been noted above, many in U.S. society assume that the...

Definition of Globalization and its Dangers

expense of myriad unsophisticated societies. As such, this dichotomy of progression has rendered globalization a much-contested c...

Aristotle's Definition of a 'Tragic Hero' and the Deviation of William Shakespeare in His Play Othello

not apply. First, the tragic hero is supposed to be a combination of good and bad traits. Othello is a Moorish commander who has...

Nurse Role Definition

patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

Intelligence Definition and Measurement

that: "Conventional tests of intelligence contain a variety of abstract and usually rather academic. kinds of problems - difficult...

Psyche, Cupid, and Plato's Definition of Love

between Psyche and her other two sisters was that Psyche was appreciably more beautiful than they. By all accounts, the sisters we...

How Rene Descartes Used Principles, Definitions, and Deductive Reasoning to Argue that God Exists

idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...

Social Inequalities' Definition, Identification, and Measurement

not the working class but the middle class that drove history along its ever-progressing path. Social historians and political sc...

Encoded Archival Description Document Type Definition Development

to greater numbers of people. Need for the Standard Morris (1997) recounts conditions that existed at Harvard University wh...

Definition and National Economic Objectives of Monetary Policy

(Federal Reserve, nd). The 12 District banks are the actual operating arm of the Federal Reserve System. Each performs numerous fu...

Definition of Normalcy

tall should weigh somewhere between 125-140 lbs, but the cultural message is clear: thin is in. Therefore, many who are a normal w...

Questions and Definitions

Total Quality Magagment also known as TQM is a princiople that has become a popular and well know management system. It has a...

Definition of Evolutionary Institutionalists

Change is brought on by any number of factors, it might be said, which can also trigger significant changes in the economic struct...

Death of a Salesman and the Definition of Tragedy

by some serious flaw of character and/or judgment," with the ultimate goal being to inspire either pity or fear in the audience (K...

Book of Genesis Definitions of Literary Terms

involves not only examining the authors words for literal meaning, but also considering the meanings behind symbolism and imagery....

Child Abuse History and Definition

Journal of Psychohistory, deMauses story tells a story of thousands of years of crimes against children, ranging from infanticide ...

Definition of Satire

science using comic motifs borrowed from writer such as Rabelais, Shakespeare, and Swift (Cook, 1995). The student researching thi...

The Definition of a Sacred Text

the principal sacred texts of the various religions, and what forms do they take? What are the liturgical, intellectual, political...

'Nation State' Definition

the nation occupy the same area on the surface of Earth, a nation-state exists. In a multi-racial nation, fragmentation into eth...

Consumer Definition of Products with IKEA

afford it" (Internet source). As IKEA puts it . . . "Thats boring" (Internet source). But the most interesting point made in the M...