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  • neo-platonism — a philosophical system which was first developed in the 3rd century ad as a synthesis of Platonic, Pythagorean, and Aristotelian elements, and which, although originally opposed to Christianity, later incorporated it. It dominated European thought until the 13th century and re-emerged during the Renaissance
  • neocapitalism — a politico-economic theory combining elements of capitalism and socialism
  • neoclassicism — (often initial capital letter) Architecture. the trend or movement prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies at various periods during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric overall compositions, the presence of light colors or shades, frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of façades, and the absence of textural effects.
  • neoliberalism — an outgrowth of the U.S. liberal movement, beginning in the late 1960s, that modified somewhat its traditional endorsement of all trade unions and opposition to big business and military buildup.
  • neoplasticism — the theory and practice of the de Stijl school, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on the formal structure of a work of art, and restriction of spatial or linear relations to vertical and horizontal movements as well as restriction of the artist's palette to black, white, and the primary colors.
  • neosurrealism — a revival of the 20th-century surrealism movement in art, especially painting and sculpture, depicting the imagery of dreams and the subconscious mind.
  • nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
  • neurilemmomas — Plural form of neurilemmoma.
  • neuromyelitis — (pathology) inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves.
  • nice-nellyism — excessive modesty; prudishness.
  • nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
  • noise limiter — an electronic circuit that cuts off all noise peaks that are stronger than some specific maximum for the desired input signal, thus limiting atmospheric and other interference.
  • nominal scale — a discrete classification of data, in which data are neither measured nor ordered but subjects are merely allocated to distinct categories: for example, a record of students' course choices constitutes nominal data which could be correlated with school results
  • nominal wages — minimum pay
  • non-malicious — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
  • non-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • non-racialism — racism.
  • noninstalment — (of a loan) not payable in instalments
  • nonleguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
  • normal series — a collection of subgroups of a given group so arranged that the first subgroup is the identity, the last subgroup is the group itself, and each subgroup is a normal subgroup of the succeeding subgroup.
  • normalisation — Alternative form of normalization.
  • nucleoplasmic — Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
  • numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
  • numismatology — Numismatics.
  • occasionalism — a theory that there is no natural interaction between mind and matter, but that God makes mental events correspond to physical perceptions and actions.
  • occidentalism — Occidental character or characteristics.
  • omnipresently — In an omnipresent manner.
  • onomastically — In an onomastic way.
  • onomatologist — One versed in the history of names.
  • ornamentalism — the desire or tendency to feature ornament in the design of buildings, interiors, furnishings, etc.
  • ornamentalist — A person who ornaments.
  • pamlico sound — a sound between the North Carolina mainland and coastal islands.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • persian melon — a round variety of muskmelon having a green, reticulate, unribbed rind and orange flesh.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
  • phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
  • phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • philhellenism — a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
  • piers plowman — (The Vision Concerning Piers Plowman) an alliterative poem written in three versions (1360–99), ascribed to William Langland.
  • plasma engine — an engine that generates thrust by reaction to the emission of a jet of plasma
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
  • platinum disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 300 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 600 000 copies
  • playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
  • plimsoll line — load line (def 1).
  • plus or minus — You use plus or minus to give the amount by which a particular number may vary.
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • polynomialism — a polynomial naming system
  • postliminious — subsequently undertaken
  • preliminaries — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
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