Apprehension

  • 81Intuition — • A psychological and philosophical term which designates the process of immediate apprehension or perception of an actual fact, being, or relation between two terms and its results Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Intuition      …

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  • 82SYNCRÉTISME — Dans la terminologie habituelle de l’histoire des religions, le syncrétisme désigne la fusion de deux ou de plusieurs religions, de deux ou de plusieurs cultes en une seule formation religieuse ou cultuelle. Mais ce terme est inapte à définir un… …

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  • 83VIOLENCE — Comme agressivité et combativité, la violence est au principe des actions humaines individuelles ou collectives. Comme destructivité, elle menace continuellement la stabilité des relations des hommes entre eux, que ce soit en politique intérieure …

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  • 84inquiétude — [ ɛ̃kjetyd ] n. f. • XIVe; bas lat. inquietudo ♦ État d une personne inquiète. I ♦ 1 ♦ Vx Absence de quiétude, de repos, de tranquillité. ⇒ agitation. « Turbulent et plein d inquiétude » (La Fontaine). 2 ♦ Vieilli ou littér. Philos. État d… …

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  • 85GOD — IN THE BIBLE The Bible is not a single book, but a collection of volumes composed by different authors living in various countries over a period of more than a millennium. In these circumstances, divergencies of emphasis (cf. Kings with… …

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  • 86Fear — Fear, n. [OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f[=ae]r a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. f[=a]ra danger, G. gefahr, Icel. f[=a]r harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See {Fare}.] 1. A painful emotion or passion excited by… …

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  • 87For fear — Fear Fear, n. [OE. fer, feer, fere, AS. f[=ae]r a coming suddenly upon, fear, danger; akin to D. vaar, OHG. f[=a]ra danger, G. gefahr, Icel. f[=a]r harm, mischief, plague, and to E. fare, peril. See {Fare}.] 1. A painful emotion or passion… …

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  • 88Shyness — Shy redirects here. For other uses, see Shy (disambiguation). In humans, shyness (also called diffidence) is a social psychology term used to describe the feeling of apprehension, lack of comfort, or awkwardness experienced when a person is in… …

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  • 89assault — as·sault 1 /ə sȯlt/ n [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1: the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm… …

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  • 90KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… …

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