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  • 71restive — I adjective averse, balking, balky, cantankerous, contumacious, crossgrained, crotchety, deaf to reason, demurring, difficult, discontented, disinclined, disobedient, exceptious, excitable, excited, fidgety, fractious, fretful, grumpy, headstrong …

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  • 72BEAUMONT, Francis — (c. 1585 1616) Francis Beaumont is best known for his partnership with John Fletcher,* chief dramatist, after William Shakespeare s* retirement, to the King s Men. His sa­tiric wit and sensibility differed markedly from Fletcher s, however, and… …

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  • 73DÉTERMINISME — C’est le XIXe siècle, dans la mesure où il a fait de la mécanique l’archétype des sciences expérimentales, sources de toute action technique efficace, qui a pratiquement identifié «science» et «déterminisme». Lorsque, dans un contexte idéologique …

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  • 74dissent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Difference of opinion Nouns 1. dissent, dissension, dissidence, discord, discordance, disagreement, nonagreement; difference or diversity of opinion; unconformity; protestantism, recusancy, schism;… …

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  • 75heterodoxy — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Departure from orthodoxy Nouns 1. heterodoxy, syncretism; sectarianism, nonconformity, unconformity, secularism, denominationalism, cultism; heresy, schism, error, false doctrine; schismaticism, recusancy; …

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  • 76Dissent — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Dissent >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dissent dissent Sgm: N 1 discordance discordance &c.(disagreement) 24 Sgm: N 1 difference diversity of opinion difference diversity of opinion GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 nonconformity… …

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  • 77Negation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Negation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 negation negation abnegation Sgm: N 1 denial denial Sgm: N 1 disavowal disavowal disclaimer Sgm: N 1 abjuration abjuration Sgm: N 1 contradiction contradiction …

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  • 78Refusal — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Refusal >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 refusal refusal rejection Sgm: N 1 noncompliance noncompliance incompliance Sgm: N 1 denial denial Sgm: N 1 declining declining &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 declens …

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  • 79Heterodoxy — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Sectarianism. < N PARAG:Heterodoxy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 heterodoxy heterodoxy Sgm: N 1 error error &c. 495 Sgm: N 1 false doctrine false doctrine heresy schism Sgm: N 1 schismaticism schismaticism …

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  • 80dissident — 1. noun a jailed dissident Syn: dissenter, objector, protester; rebel, revolutionary, recusant, subversive, agitator, insurgent, insurrectionist, refusenik Ant: conformist 2. adjective dissident intellectuals Syn …

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