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31international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
32England (Before the Reformation) — England (Before the Reformation) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► England (Before the Reformation) This term England is here restricted to one constituent, the largest and most populous, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.… …
33Deterioration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deterioration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deterioration deterioration debasement Sgm: N 1 wane wane ebb Sgm: N 1 recession recession &c. 287 Sgm: N 1 retrogradation retrogradation &c. 283 …
34demoralize — [[t]dɪmɒ̱rəlaɪz, AM mɔ͟ːr [/t]] demoralizes, demoralizing, demoralized VERB If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up. [V n] Clearly, one of the objectives is to… …
35demoralize — also ise BrE verb (T) to reduce or destroy someone s courage or confidence: Such a move would undermine standards in schools and demoralize teachers. demoralized adjective: Defeated and demoralized, the protesters made their way home.… …
36demoralise — verb 1. lower someone s spirits; make downhearted These news depressed her The bad state of her child s health demoralizes her • Syn: ↑depress, ↑deject, ↑cast down, ↑get down, ↑dismay, ↑ …
37-ation — a tion [L. ationem. See { tion}.] A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in… …
38demoralize — transitive verb Date: circa 1793 1. to corrupt the morals of 2. a. to weaken the morale of ; discourage, dispirit b. to upset or destroy the normal functioning of c. to throw into disorder • demoralization noun …
39Actium — (modern name: Punta) was the ancient name of a promontory of western Greece in northwestern Acarnania, at the mouth of the Sinus Ambracius (Gulf of Arta) opposite Nicopolis, built by Augustus on the north side of the strait. On the promontory was …
40Chechnya — Chechen Republic Чеченская Республика (Russian) Нохчийн Республика/Noxçiyn Respublika (Chechen) …
