bid` dy 1 :-pl.-dies. a chicken; fowl
biddy 2:- pl.-dies. a fussbudget, esp. a fussy old woman

reap 1. to cut with a sickle or other implement or machine, as in harvest. 2. to gather or take . (harvest). 3. to get as a return, recompence, or result; to reap large profits.

In Jungian psychology, a part of the unconscious mind, shared by a society, a people, or all humankind, that is the product of ancestral experience and contains such concepts as science, religion, and morality.
According to Jung’s psychological theory, the inherited aspect of the UNCONSCIOUS that is common to ALL members of the human race. The collective unconscious has evolved over many centuries and contains images (archetypes), which are found in DREAMS and RELIGIOUS and mystical symbols.

hu`bris
hu·bris Audio pronunciation of “hubris” ( P ) Pronunciation Key (hybrs) also hy·bris (h-)
n.

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance: “There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris” (McGeorge Bundy).

[Greek, excessive pride, wanton violence. See ud- in Indo-European Roots.]hu·bristic (-brstk) adj.
hu·bristic·al·ly adv.

fig·ment
Something invented, made up, or fabricated: just a figment of the imagination. n : a contrived or fantastic idea; “a figment of the imagination”

abstraction
1. Distillation or separation of the volatile constituents of a substance.
2. Exclusive mental concentration; absent-mindedness.
3. A malocclusion in which the teeth or associated structures are lower than their normal occlusal plane.
4. The selection of a certain aspect of a concept from the whole. : a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; “he loved her only in the abstract–not in person” [syn: abstract] 2: the act of withdrawing or removing something 3: the process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances [syn: generalization, generalisation] 4: an abstract painting 5: preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else [syn: abstractedness] 6: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
1. Generalisation; ignoring or hiding details to capture some
kind of commonality between different instances. Examples are
abstract data types (the representation details are hidden),
abstract syntax (the details of the concrete syntax are
ignored), abstract interpretation (details are ignored to
analyse specific properties).

2.
Parameterisation, making something a function
of something else. Examples are lambda abstractions (making
a term into a function of some variable), higher-order
functions (parameters are functions), bracket abstraction
(making a term into a function of a variable).

Opposite of concretisation.

CULT
1. A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
2. The followers of such a religion or sect.
2. A system or community of religious worship and ritual.
3. The formal means of expressing religious reverence; religious ceremony and ritual.
4. A usually nonscientific method or regimen claimed by its originator to have exclusive or exceptional power in curing a particular disease.
5.
1. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
2. The object of such devotion.
6. An exclusive group of persons sharing an esoteric, usually artistic or intellectual interest.

gang 1. a group or band: a gang of holyrollers 2. a group of persons who gather together for social reasons. 3. a group of personns working together; squad; shift; a gang of crooks 4. a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose; a gang of thieves.

Chris·tian

1. Professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
2. Relating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus’s teachings.
3. Manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus; Christlike.
4. Relating to or characteristic of Christianity or its adherents.
5. Showing a loving concern for others; humane.

n.

1. One who professes belief in Jesus as Christ or follows the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
2. One who lives according to the teachings of Jesus.
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Christianity; “Christian rites” [syn: Christian] 2: following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ [ant: unchristian] n : a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination [syn: Christian]

Christian
the name given by the Greeks or Romans, probably in reproach, to the followers
of Jesus. It was first used at Antioch. The names by which the disciples were
known among themselves were “brethren,” “the faithful,” “elect,” “saints,”
“believers.” But as distinguishing them from the multitude without, the name
“Christian” came into use, and was universally accepted. This name occurs but
three times in the New Testament (Acts 11:26; 26:28; 1 Pet. 4:16).

Manipulate

ma·nip·u·late Audio pronunciation of “manipulate” ( P ) Pronunciation Key (m-npy-lt)
tr.v. ma·nip·u·lat·ed, ma·nip·u·lat·ing, ma·nip·u·lates

1. To move, arrange, operate, or control by the hands or by mechanical means, especially in a skillful manner: She manipulated the lights to get just the effect she wanted.
2. To influence or manage shrewdly or deviously: He manipulated public opinion in his favor.
3. To tamper with or falsify for personal gain: tried to manipulate stock prices.
4. Medicine. To handle and move in an examination or for therapeutic purposes: manipulate a joint; manipulate the position of a fetus during delivery.

ma·nipu·la·bili·ty n.
ma·nipu·lata·ble adj.
ma·nipu·lator n.
ma·nipu·la·tory (-l-t�r, -tr) adj.

Synonyms: manipulate, exploit, maneuver
These verbs mean to influence, manage, use, or control to one’s advantage by artful or indirect means: manipulated me into helping him; exploits natural resources; maneuvered me out of one job and into another. See also synonyms at handlev 1: influence or control shrewdly or deviously; “He manipulated public opinion in his favor” [syn: pull strings, pull wires] 2: hold something in one’s hands and move it 3: fake or falsify; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data” [syn: fudge, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 4: manipulate in a fraudulent manner; “rig prices” [syn: rig] 5: control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one’s advantage; “She manipulates her boss”; “She is a very controlling mother and doesn’t let her children grow up”; “The teacher knew how to keep the class in line”; “she keeps in line” [syn: keep in line, control]
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Filed on April 22nd, 2005 by alan under USBull Dictionary.

REALITY
1. The state or quality of being real.
2. resemblance to what is real. 3. a real thing or fact. 4. a. something that exists independently of ideas concerning it. b. somthing that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive. 5. in fact or truth; actually.
REALISTIC 1. concerned with or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs
2. characterized by or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are: a realistic novel.
REALIST 1. a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are. 2. an artist or a writer whose work is characterized by realism.
REALISM
1. interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
2. the tendency to view or represent things as they really are.

Holy Roller, Disparaging and Offensive. a member of a Pentecostal sect noted for ecstastic religiosity.–Holy Roll’er-ism.DictionaryHoly Roller
Function: noun
often offensive : a member of one of the Protestant sects whose worship meetings are characterized by spontaneous expressions of emotional excitement.

HERESY

1. An opinion or a doctrine at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from or denial of Roman Catholic dogma by a professed believer or baptized church member.
2. Adherence to such dissenting opinion or doctrine.
2.
1. A controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine, as in politics, philosophy, or science.
2. Adherence to such controversial or unorthodox opinion.

[Middle English heresie, from Old French, from Late Latin haeresis, from Late Greek hairesis, from Greek, a choosing, faction, from haireisthai, to choose, middle voice of hairein, to take.]

heresy

n 1: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position [syn: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy] [ant: orthodoxy] 2: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion [syn: unorthodoxy]

heresy

from a Greek word signifying (1) a choice, (2) the opinion chosen, and (3) the
sect holding the opinion. In the Acts of the Apostles (5:17; 15:5; 24:5, 14;
26:5) it denotes a sect, without reference to its character. Elsewhere,
however, in the New Testament it has a different meaning attached to it. Paul
ranks “heresies” with crimes and seditions (Gal. 5:20). This word also denotes
divisions or schisms in the church (1 Cor. 11:19). In Titus 3:10 a “heretical
person” is one who follows his own self-willed “questions,” and who is to be
avoided. Heresies thus came to signify self-chosen doctrines not emanating from
God (2 Pet. 2:1).
pre·tend Audio pronunciation of “pretend” ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pr-tnd)
v. pre·tend·ed, pre·tend·ing, pre·tends
v. tr
.
PRETEND
1. To give a false appearance of; feign: “You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism” (Anthony Burgess).
2. To claim or allege insincerely or falsely; profess: doesn’t pretend to be an expert.
3. To represent fictitiously in play; make believe: pretended they were on a cruise.
4. To take upon oneself; venture: I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.

v. intr.

1. To feign an action or character, as in play.
2. To put forward a claim.
3. To make pretensions: pretends to gourmet tastes.

adj. Informal

Imitation; make-believe: pretend money; pretend pearls.

PORTEND
tr.v. por·tend·ed, por·tend·ing, por·tends

1. To serve as an omen or a warning of; presage: black clouds that portend a storm.
2. To indicate by prediction; forecast: leading economic indicators that portend a recession.

[Middle English portenden, from Latin portendere. See ten- in Indo-European Roots.]

Portend

v : indicate by signs; “These signs bode bad news” [syn: bode, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict]

re·li·gion Religion

1. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
2. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion.