Definition Dictionary

Enthusiastic public praise or approval.

A list of matters to address, or a plan of aims that guides someone's actions.

To assert that something happened or is true before it has been proved.

To state firmly or put forward a claim or position.

Expressing or involving claims that oppose one another and cannot both hold in the same sense.

The usefulness or convenience of an action for achieving an immediate aim.

Useful or convenient for reaching an aim, though not always principled.

A smaller group within a larger one that pursues its own aims or position.

Too ready to believe claims and therefore easily deceived.

Treating pleasure as a central aim of life or conduct.

Claiming principles or standards that one's own behavior contradicts.

To provide sufficient reasons or evidence for an action, claim, or belief.

The principles or process of reasoning from claims and evidence to conclusions.

A false appearance, claim, or show of something.

An attempt or claim to seem more important, skilled, or impressive than warranted.

To state openly that one holds a belief, feeling, or qualification, sometimes with doubt about its sincerity.

Openly stated or claimed, without necessarily being demonstrated.

Claimed or alleged to be something, without confirmation.

Generally supposed or claimed to be so, without certainty.

A response that challenges a claim with opposing arguments or evidence.

To formally withdraw a previously stated belief or claim.

An argument or evidence showing that a claim is false or mistaken.

To demonstrate that a claim or argument is false.

To give up possession, control, or a claim.