true // adj., adv., & v.
adj. (truer, truest)
1 in accordance with fact or reality (a true story).
2 genuine; rightly or strictly so called; not spurious or counterfeit (a true friend; the true heir to the throne).
3 (often foll. by to) loyal or faithful (true to one's word).
4 (foll. by to) accurately conforming (to a standard or expectation etc.) (true to form).
5 correctly positioned or balanced; upright, level.
6 exact, accurate (a true aim; a true copy).
7 (absol.) (also it is true) certainly, admittedly (true, it would cost more).
8 (of a note) exactly in tune.
9 (of a compass bearing) measured relative to true north.
10 archaic honest, upright (twelve good men and true).
adv.
1 truly (tell me true).
2 accurately (aim true).
3 without variation (breed true).
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[Old English treowe, trywe, from the Germanic noun represented by truce]

false /, / adj. & adv.
adj.
1 not according with fact; wrong, incorrect (a false idea).
2 a spurious, sham, artificial (false gods; false teeth; false modesty). b acting as such; appearing to be such, esp. deceptively (a false lining).
3 illusory; not actually so (a false economy).
4 improperly so called (false acacia).
5 deceptive.
6 (foll. by to) deceitful, treacherous, or unfaithful.
7 fictitious or assumed (gave a false name).
8 illegal (false imprisonment).
adv. in a false manner (esp. play false).
falsely adv.
falseness n.
falsity n. (pl. -ies).
[Old English fals and Old French fals, faus from Latin falsus, past part. of fallere 'deceive']

moral // adj. & n.
adj.
1 a concerned with goodness or badness of human character or behaviour, or with the distinction between right and wrong. b concerned with accepted rules and standards of human behaviour.
2 a conforming to accepted standards of general conduct. b capable of moral action (man is a moral agent).
3 (of rights or duties etc.) founded on moral law.
4 a concerned with morals or ethics (moral philosophy). b (of a literary work etc.) dealing with moral conduct.
5 concerned with or leading to a psychological effect associated with confidence in a right action (moral courage; moral support; moral victory).
n.
1 a a moral lesson (esp. at the end) of a fable, story, event, etc. b a moral maxim or principle.
2 (in pl.) moral behaviour, ....
morally adv.
[Middle English from Latin moralis, from mos moris 'custom', pl. mores 'morals']

Ignorance // n. (often foll. by of)
lack of knowledge (about a thing).
[Middle English via Old French from Latin ignorantia (as ignorant)]

history // n. (pl. -ies)
1 a continuous, usu. chronological, record of important or public events.
2 a the study of past events, esp. human affairs. b the total accumulation of past events, esp. relating to human affairs or to the accumulation of developments connected with a particular nation, person, thing, etc. (our island history; the history of astronomy; he has a history of illness).
3 an eventful past (this house has a history).
4 a a systematic or critical account of or research into a past event or events etc. b a similar record or account of natural phenomena.

debate // v. & n.
v.
1 tr. (also absol.) discuss or dispute about (an issue, proposal, etc.), esp. formally in a legislative assembly, public meeting, etc.
2 a tr. consider or ponder (a matter). b intr. consider different sides of a question.
n.
1 a formal discussion on a particular matter, esp. in a legislative assembly etc.
2 debating, discussion (open to debate).
debater n.
[Middle English via Old French debatre, debat from Romanic (as de-, battle)]

freedom / n.
1 the condition of being free or unrestricted.
2 personal or civic liberty; absence of slave status.
3 the power of self-determination; independence of fate or necessity.
4 the state of being free to act (often foll. by to + infin.: we have the freedom to leave).
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10 boldness of conception.
[Old English freodom (as free, -dom)]

art /A:t/ n. 1 [a] human creative skill or its application. [b] work exhibiting this. 2 [a] (in pl.; prec. by the) the various branches of creative activity concerned with the production of imaginative designs, sounds, or ideas, e.g. painting, music, writing, considered collectively. [b] any one of these branches. 3 creative activity, esp. painting and drawing, resulting in visual representation (interested in music but not art). 4 human skill or workmanship as opposed to the work of nature (art and nature had combined to make her a great beauty). 5 (often foll. by of) a skill, aptitude, or knack (the art of writing clearly; keeping people happy is quite an art). 6 (in pl.; usu. prec. by the) those branches of learning (esp. languages, literature, and history) associated with creative skill as opposed to scientific, technical, or vocational skills. [Middle English via Old French from Latin ars artis] ....

subjective // adj. & n.
adj.
1 (of art, literature, written history, a person's views, etc.) proceeding from personal idiosyncrasy or individuality; not impartial or literal.
2 esp. Philos. proceeding from or belonging to the individual consciousness or perception; imaginary, ...
[Middle English from Latin subjectivus (as subject)]

philosophy // n. (pl. -ies)
1 the use of reason and argument in seeking truth and knowledge of reality, esp. of the causes and nature of things and of the principles governing existence, the material universe, perception of physical phenomena, and human behaviour.
2 a a particular system or set of beliefs reached by this. b a personal rule of life.
3 advanced learning in general (doctor of philosophy).
4 serenity; calmness; conduct governed by a particular philosophy.
[Middle English from Old French filosofie via Latin philosophia 'wisdom' from Greek (as philo-, sophos 'wise')]

metaphysics // n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.)
1 the theoretical philosophy of being and knowing.
2 the philosophy of mind.
3 colloq. abstract or subtle talk; mere theory.
metaphysician // n.
metaphysicize // v.intr. (also -ise).
[Middle English metaphysic via Old French metaphysique from medieval Latin metaphysica, ultimately from Greek ta meta ta phusika 'the things after the Physics', from the sequence of Aristotle's works]

existentialism // n.
a philosophical theory emphasizing the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining his or her own development.
existentialist n.

Oxford Compendium, Concise, Ninth Edition

"Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting people have to understand .... People who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree."
                                     In Dore Ashton Picasso on Art (1972) 'Two statements by Picasso'
                                                                 Pablo Picasso 1881-1973
                                                                           Spanish painter

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