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  • 111aggression — I noun aggressiveness, antagonism, assault, attack, beleaguerment, bellicosity, belligerence, belligerency, besiegement, combativeness, contentiousness, drive, enterprise, fight, foray, hostility, hustle, illapse, incursion, infringement,… …

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  • 112Sceptics (The) — The sceptics Michael Frede INTRODUCTION When we speak of ‘scepticism’ and of ‘sceptics’, we primarily think of a philosophical position according to which nothing is known for certain, or even nothing can be known for certain. There are certain… …

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  • 113Idealism (italian) and after — Italian idealism and after Gentile, Croce and others Giacomo Rinaldi INTRODUCTION The history of twentieth century Italian philosophy is strongly influenced both by the peculiar character of its evolution in the preceding century and by… …

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  • 114complaint — n. 1) to bring, file, lodge, make, register a complaint 2) to express, voice a complaint 3) to act on, respond to a complaint 4) to disregard, ignore; reject a complaint 5) a bitter, loud, vociferous; justified; legitimate; unjustified complaint… …

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  • 115crack — n. remark (colloq.) 1) to make a crack 2) a dirty, nasty crack 3) a crack that (her crack that you are always late was unjustified) moment 4) at the crack of dawn attempt 5) to have a crack at (let s have a crack at it) * * * [kræk] nasty crack [ …

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  • 116grievance — n. 1) to air, vent a grievance 2) to file, submit a (formal) grievance 3) to hear a grievance (the committee heard the grievance) 4) to nurse a grievance 5) to redress; settle a grievance 6) a justified, legitimate, valid; unjustified grievance… …

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  • 117gratuitous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. baseless, uncalled for, unwarranted; free, gratis. See nonpayment, supposition. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Voluntary] Syn. for nothing, gratis, complimentary; see free 4 . 2. [Uncalled for] Syn.… …

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  • 118undue — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unjust, inequitable; improper, inappropriate; extreme, excessive, immoderate, inordinate, exorbitant, unwarranted. See injustice. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. improper, illegal, indecorous, unfair,… …

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  • 119unwarranted — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unjustified, uncalled for, unwarrantable, unjust. See injustice, illegality, dearness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unjust, wrong, groundless; see unfair 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …

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  • 120Wrong — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Wrong >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wrong wrong Sgm: N 1 what ought not to be what ought not to be what should not be Sgm: N 1 malum in se malum in se Sgm: N 1 unreasonableness unreasonableness grievance Sgm: N 1 shame …

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