(politics) A policy of affirming a laical jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical one.
merchandisability
merchandisability
noun
The quality of being merchandisable.
microdistillation
microdistillation
noun
distillation of a very small amount of liquid, typically an essential oil
multidisciplinary
multidisciplinary
adj
Relating to multiple areas of study.
pseudosymmetrical
pseudosymmetrical
adj
Exhibiting pseudosymmetry.
retrodisplacement
retrodisplacement
noun
Any backward displacement, such as retroversion or retroflexion of the uterus.
semidictatorially
transcendentalism
transcendentalism
noun
A movement of writers and philosophers in New England in the 19th century who were loosely bound together by adherence to an idealistic system of thought based on a belief in the essential supremacy of insight over logic and experience for the revelation of the deepest truths.
A philosophy which holds that reasoning is key to understanding reality (associated with Kant); philosophy which stresses intuition and spirituality (associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson); transcendental character or quality.
Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.
The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge.
