(Russian)
propaganda and agitation
(1935) political propaganda spread largely in works of literature, drama, music, or art.
(Latin meaning craft)
about 1611 having or showing shrewdness. (Crafty)
(Latin; commodus, meaning suitable)
convenient, offering plenty of room, ample, sufficient.
(Latin; commoditas, meaning fitness, adaptation, from commodus.)
any useful thing, something bought and sold, any article of commerce, especially staple products. Obsolete meaning: personal advantage of convenience.
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(old high German)
(13th century)
having a fine edge or point, as in sharp; or showing a quick ardent responsiveness, characteristic of a quick penetrating mind.
metope
(Greek) [from Meta, meaning next or between and Ope, meaning opening, from metopon, forehead]
any of the spaces between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, or the (architectural term) facade where the entablature rests on top of the capitals of the columns. The spaces between triglyphs may be filled with bas relief or left bare, empty of ornamentation.
(Scottish) [from Middle and Old English, micel- more]
(pre-12th century) great or much (adverb)
predilection
(French from middle Latin, to prefer)
(1742) an established preference for something. An attitude of mind that predisposes one to favor something, a bias based on temperament or experience. Precluding objective judgment.
problematic
(French) problematique [from Greek, problematikos]
not settled, yet to be determined, having the character of a problem, difficult to resolve.
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tendentious, tendencious
(Latin) [from Indo-European, meaning to tend - to stretch or extend] tendency.
characterized by a distinct character or advancing a definite point of view, argumentative, narrow.
(Latin)
Generally, characterized by willing or willful action, willing participation in a course of action.
Specifically, in philosophy; a doctrine or system of ideas that holds that reality is ultimately, or basically a matter of will. That means that belief which holds that will is the primary factor in experience.
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