1,000+ Rhymes For CONTORTIONISM

• the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition

• the beliefs and practices characteristic of Puritans (most of whom were Calvinists who wished to purify the Church of England of its Catholic aspects)

• strictness and austerity in conduct and religion

• an obsolete term for the study and treatment of mental illness

• the quality of being alien

• electricity produced by chemical action

• the therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis)

• a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

• violent lawless behavior

• Any of the natural phenomena and processes associated with the action of volcanos, geysers and fumaroles

• Alternative spelling of Vulcanism

• the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality

• a doctrine that psychology must be based essentially on data derived from introspection.

• the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth

• active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something

• the religious doctrine of Hinayana Buddhism

• the political doctrine of Machiavelli: any means (however unscrupulous) can be used by a ruler in order to create and maintain his autocratic government

• the philosophical theories of Nietzsche advocating the overcoming of both a threatening nihilism and a slave morality as exemplified for him in historical Christianity through a reevaluation of all values on the basis of a will to power epitomized in his doctrine of the superman and the idea of the eternal recurrence of all things.

• a Zoroastrian sect that claims Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe

• a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring

• the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear

• a brutal barbarous savage act

• making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style

• a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that ideas are the only reality

• impracticality by virtue of thinking of things in their ideal form rather than as they really are

• elevated ideals or conduct; the quality of believing that ideals should be pursued

• the quality of being individual

• a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

• the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs

• attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

• the branch of science that studies magnetism

• genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres

• the quality of being current or of the present

• practices typical of contemporary life or thought

• a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

• obscure or irrational thought

• a 20th century movement of artists and writers (developing out of dadaism) who used fantastic images and incongruous juxtapositions in order to represent unconscious thoughts and dreams

• the business of providing services to tourists

• willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others

• a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

• a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery

• dominance through threat of punishment and violence

• a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• an ideological belief in the complete and unrestricted power of government.

• the doctrine of an absolute being, often related to idealism in philosophy.

• mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)

• the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money

• a short pithy instructive saying

• any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

• food poisoning from ingesting botulin; not infectious; affects the CNS; can be fatal if not treated promptly

• transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

• the literal belief in the account of Creation given in the Book of Genesis

• acceptance of the inevitability of defeat

• ideological defection from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)