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61political philosophy — Branch of philosophy that analyzes the state and related concepts such as political obligation, law, social justice, and constitution. The first major work of political philosophy in the Western tradition was Plato s Republic. Aristotle s… …
62inflated — adjective 1. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness (Freq. 1) a hyperbolic style • Syn: ↑hyperbolic • Similar to: ↑increased • Derivationally related forms: ↑hyperbole …
63SHABBETAI ẒEVI — (1626–1676), the central figure of Shabbateanism, the messianic movement named after him. Background of the Movement Shabbateanism was the largest and most momentous messianic movement in Jewish history subsequent to the destruction of the Temple …
64fustian — I adjective bombastic, declamatory, flatulent, gausape, grandiloquent, grandiose, high flown, high sounding, inflated, mouthy, orotund, pompous, pretentious, ranting, swollen, tumid, turgid II noun affectation, altiloquence, bombast, bombastic… …
65flowery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. florid, high flown, flamboyant; blossomy. See ornament, ostentation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. florid, ornate, elaborate, ornamented, fancy, fussy, rhetorical, overblown, euphuistic, affected,… …
66sonorous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. resonant, deep toned, rich, majestic; grandiloquent, high flown. See loudness, sound.Ant., tinny. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. resonant, resounding, vibrant; see loud 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
67grandiloquent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, histrionic, bombastic; see bombastic , oratorical . See Synonym Study at bombastic . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [gran DIL uh kwent] using big words to try to impress, bombastic. Many… …
68Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… …
69Arabic literature — (Arabic: الأدب العربي Al Adab Al Arabi ) is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers (not necessarily native speakers) of the Arabic language. It does not usually include works written using the Arabic alphabet but not in the… …
70bombastic — bombastically, adv. /bom bas tik/, adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) high sounding; high flown; inflated; pretentious. Also, bombastical. [1695 1705; BOMBAST + IC] Syn. pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose. BOMBASTIC, FLOWERY,… …
