11-letter words containing alis
- nationalise — To bring a private company under the control of a specific government.
- nationalism — spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation.
- nationalist — a person devoted to nationalism.
- naturalised — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of naturalise.
- naturalists — Plural form of naturalist.
- neo-realism — art, cinema: social realist style
- neovitalism — a new or revived form of the belief that life is a vital principle (vitalism)
- neovitalist — someone who holds to the theory of neovitalism
- neutralised — Simple past tense and past participle of neutralise.
- neutralises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neutralise.
- neutralists — a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- new realism — neorealism.
- nominalised — Simple past tense and past participle of nominalise.
- non-dualism — the state of being dual or consisting of two parts; division into two.
- normalising — Present participle of normalise.
- notionalist — someone more concerned with the semantic content of language than with the formal structure
- occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.
- officialise — to make official; place under official authority or control.
- officialism — excessive attention to official regulations and routines.
- orientalism — a peculiarity or idiosyncrasy of the peoples of Asia, especially the East.
- orientalist — A person (especially a scholar) interested in the orient.
- originalism — The principle or belief that the original intent of an author should be adhered to in later interpretations of a work.
- originalist — One who has, or tends to have, original ideas.
- pastoralism — the practice of herding as the primary economic activity of a society.
- pastoralist — a grazier or land-holder raising sheep, cattle, etc, on a large scale
- paternalism — the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children: The employees objected to the paternalism of the old president.
- paternalist — government: fatherly in style
- personalise — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalism — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- personalist — Also called personal idealism. a modern philosophical movement locating ultimate value and reality in persons, human or divine.
- physicalise — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physicalism — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicalist — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- pronatalism — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- pronatalist — the policy or practice of encouraging the bearing of children, especially government support of a higher birthrate.
- punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
- racialistic — Of or pertaining to racism or racists.
- radicalised — to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
- rationalise — to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- rationalism — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- rationalist — the principle or habit of accepting reason as the supreme authority in matters of opinion, belief, or conduct.
- regionalism — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- revitalised — to give new life to.
- revivalists — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- ritualistic — adherence to or insistence on ritual.
- socialistic — of or relating to socialists or socialism.
- specialised — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- specialises — to pursue some special line of study, work, etc.; have a specialty: The doctor specializes in gastroenterology.
- survivalist — a person who makes preparations to survive a widespread catastrophe, as an atomic war or anarchy, especially by storing food and weapons in a safe place.