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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

by Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869)

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"Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases" by Peter Mark Roget is a thesaurus first created in 1805 and published in 1852. This groundbreaking reference work organizes words not alphabetically but through a unique classification system of six primary classes, with branches for meaning clusters and semantically linked terms. Rather than simple synonyms, it presents words as shades of meaning within conceptual spectrums. The original edition contained 15,000 words; modern editions now include over 443,000, maintaining Roget's original organizational framework while expanding to reflect contemporary language.

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  • English language · Synonyms and antonyms

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Section I: Existence

1. BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT

1. Existence — N. existence, being, entity, ens [Lat.], esse [Lat.], subsistence. reality, actuality; positiveness &c adj.; fact, matter of fact, sober reality; truth &c 494; actual existence. presence &c (existence in space) 186; coexistence &c 120. stubborn fact, hard fact; not a dream &c 515; no joke. center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. [Science of existence], ontology. V. exist, be; have being &c n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur &c (event) 151; have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate. consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by. come into existence &c n.; arise &c (begin) 66; come forth &c (appear) 446. become &c (be converted) 144; bring into existence &c 161. abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay. Adj. existing &c v.; existent, under the sun; in existence &c n.; extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed. real, actual, positive, absolute; true &c 494; substantial, substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential. well-founded, well-grounded; unideal†, unimagined; not potential &c 2; authentic. Adv. actually &c adj.; in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed; de facto, ipso facto. Phr. ens rationis [Lat.]; ergo sum cogito [Lat.], thinkest thou existence doth depend on time? [Byron].

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Contents

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  1. Section I: Existence
  2. Section II: Relation
  3. Section III: Quantity
  4. Section IV: Order
  5. Section V: Number
  6. Section VI: Time
  7. Section VII: Change
  8. Section VIII: Causation
  9. Section I: Space in General
  10. Section II: Dimensions
  11. Section III: Form
  12. Section IV: Motion
  13. Section I: Matter in General
  14. Section II: Inorganic Matter
  15. Section III: Organic Matter
  16. Section I: Operations of Intellect in General
  17. Section II: Precursory Conditions and Operations
  18. Section IV: Reasoning Processes
  19. Section V: Results of Reasoning
  20. Section VII: Creative Thought
  21. Section I: Nature of Ideas Communicated
  22. Section II: Modes of Communication
  23. Section III: Means of Communicating Ideas
  24. Section I: Volition in General
  25. Section II: Prospective Volition
  26. Section III: Voluntary Action
  27. Section IV: Antagonism
  28. Section V: Results of Voluntary Action
  29. Section I: General Intersocial Volition
  30. Section II: Special Intersocial Volition
  31. Section III: Conditional Intersocial Volition
  32. Section IV: Possessive Relations
  33. Section I: Affections in General
  34. Section II: Personal Affections
  35. Section III: Sympathetic Affections
  36. Section IV: Moral Affections
  37. Section V: Religious Affections

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This free edition of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #10681, released 2004-04-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Language & Communication, Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference.

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