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- DictionaryRes·tive/ˈrestiv/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom: "the crowd had been waiting for hours and many were becoming restive"
3 days ago · The meaning of CONTRARY is a fact or condition incompatible with another : opposite —usually used with the. How to use contrary in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Contrary.
3 days ago · abortion, the expulsion of a fetus from the uterus before it has reached the stage of viability (in human beings, usually about the 20th week of gestation). An abortion may occur spontaneously, in which case it is also called a miscarriage, or it may be brought on purposefully, in which case it is often called an induced abortion.
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4 days ago · Definitions of pleasance. noun. a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion. see more. noun. a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience. synonyms: pleasure. see more.
3 days ago · Consciousness, at its simplest, is awareness of internal and external existence. [1] However, its nature has led to millennia of analyses, explanations and debate by philosophers, theologians, and scientists. Opinions differ about what exactly needs to be studied or even considered consciousness.
1 day ago · A creative person, according to this definition, is someone who has been reinforced more often for novel behaviors than others. Behaviorists suggest that anyone can be creative, they just need to be reinforced to learn to produce novel behaviors.
5 days ago · Across the pond (in the swamp of Washington, D.C., as supporters of former President Donald Trump would call it), there's also an anti-incumbency mood and movement afoot. Including from the...
5 days ago · Democracy is a system of government in which power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or through freely elected representatives. The term is derived from the Greek ‘demokratia,’ which was coined in the 5th century BCE to denote the political systems of some Greek city-states, notably Athens.
