Actual Freedom – Definitions

Definitions

Facile; Fallacy; Fashionable; Fecundation; Fecundative; Fecundity

Fecundous; Feeling Good; Feet of Clay; Feyly; Firmament; Flagitious

Flogged; Foil; Folkways; Fondly; Foreboding; Foregone Conclusion

Friendly; Führerprinzip; Furphy; Futurition; Futurity


Facile:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘facile: arrived at without due care, effort, or examination; superficial: [as in] ‘proposed a facile solution to a complex problem’; readily manifested, together with an aura of insincerity and lack of depth: [as in] ‘a facile slogan devised by politicians’. (The American Heritage® Dictionary).


Fallacy:

[Dictionary Definitions]: ‘Fallacy: a deceptive argument, a sophism; an error, esp. one founded on false reasoning; unsoundness of opinion, an argument, etc. Synonyms: mistaken belief, misconception, false notion, misapprehension, misjudgement, miscalculation, error, mistake, untruth, inconsistency, illusion, delusion, deceit, deception, sophistry, casuistry.’ ©1998 Oxford Dictionary.


Fashionable

fashionable (adj.): 1. (a.) conforming to the current styles or trends; stylish; [e.g.]: “a fashionable wardrobe”; (b.) adopting or setting current styles or trends; [e.g.]: “a fashionable artist”; 2. associated with or frequented by stylish or trend-setting people; [e.g.]: “a fashionable hotel”; (n.): a stylish person; (adv.): fashionably; (n.): *fashionability*, fashionableness; (synonyms): fashionable, chic, in, sharp, smart, stylish, swanky, trendy; these adjectives mean in accordance with the current fashion; [e.g.]: “a fashionable restaurant”; “a chic dress”; “the in place to go”; “a sharp jacket”; “a smart hotel”; “those stylish clothes”; “a swanky apartment”; “a trendy neighbourhood”. [emphasis added]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).


Fecundation:

fecundation (n.): creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant; fertilisation, impregnation; conception (the act of becoming pregnant; fertilisation of an ovum by a spermatozoon). ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).


Fecundative:

fecundative (adj.): serving to fecundate: making fertile. [origin and etymology of fecundate: Latin fēcundātus, past participle of fēcundāre, {‘to fertilise’}, from fēcundus, {‘fruitful’}; first known use: circa 1631]. [curly-bracketed insert added] ~ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).


Fecundity:

fecundity (n.): 1. fruitfulness; the quality of propagating abundantly; particularly, the quality in female animals of producing young in great numbers; [e.g.]: “The pigeon was an emblem of fecundity, and fruitfulness in marriage” (John Donne, 1572-1631, ‘Sermons’, iv.; 1626); 2. the power of germinating: as, ‘the seeds of some plants long retain their fecundity’; 3. productiveness in general; the power of creating or bringing forth; fertility, as of invention; [e.g.]: “The fœcundity of his [Almighty God’s] Creative Power never growing barren nor being exhauſted” (Richard Bentley, 1662-1742, “Folly of Atheism”; London 1693); “The pleasures incident to what are regarded as the higher functions are the pleasures which excel others in respect of fecundity: they are the source of future pleasures” (William R. Sorley, 1855-1935, ‘Ethics of Naturalism’; 1885, p. 162); (synonym): productiveness; (adj.): fecund, fecundous; (tr.v.): fecundify, fecundified, fecundifying; fecundate, fecundated, fecundating; (n.): fecundity, fecundation, fecundator. [from Latin fecundita(t-)s, ‘fruitfulness’, ‘fertility’, from fēcundus, ‘fruitful’, ‘fertile (of plants and animals)’; from √*fe -, ‘generate’, ‘produce’ + cundas, formative of adjectives]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).


Fecundous:

fecundous (adj.): fecund; viz.: prolific; readily producing offspring; hence, fruitful or productive in a general sense; as, ‘the fecund earth’ (recently revived [circa 1889] and extended in application). [from Middle English, fecounde, from Old French fecond, French fécond; from Latin fēcundus, ‘fruitful’, ‘fertile (of plants and animals)’; from √*fe-, ‘generate’, ‘produce’ + cundas, a formative of adjectives]. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).


Feeling Good:

a general feeling of well-being (a.k.a. ‘feeling good’):

Viz.:

• [Richard]: ‘As one knows from the pure consciousness experiences (PCE’s), which are moments of perfection everybody has at some stage in their life, that it is possible to experience this moment in time and this place in space as perfection personified, ‘I’ set the minimum standard of experience for myself: feeling good. If ‘I’ am not feeling good then ‘I’ have something to look at to find out why. What has happened, between the last time ‘I’ felt good and now? When did ‘I’ feel good last? Five minutes ago? Five hours ago? What happened to end those felicitous feelings? Ahh ... yes: ‘He said that and I ...’. Or: ‘She didn’t do this and I ...’. Or: ‘What I wanted was ...’. Or: ‘I didn’t do ...’. And so on and so on ... one does not have to trace back into one’s childhood ... usually no more than yesterday afternoon at the most (‘feeling good’ is an unambiguous term – it is a general sense of well-being – and if anyone wants to argue about what feeling good means ... then do not even bother trying to do this at all). Once the specific moment of ceasing to feel good is pin-pointed, and the silliness of having such an incident as that (no matter what it is) take away one’s enjoyment and appreciation of this only moment of being alive is seen for what it is – usually some habitual reactive response – one is once more feeling good ... but with a pin-pointed cue to watch out for next time so as to not have that trigger off yet another bout of the same-old same-old’. [emphasis added].
(www.actualfreedom.com.au/richard/articles/thismomentofbeingalive.htm).


Feet of Clay:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘feet of clay: fundamental weakness in a person who has appeared to be of great merit.’ (Oxford Dictionary).


Feyly:

feyly (adv.): in a fey⁽*⁾ manner.~ (Collins English Dictionary).

⁽*⁾fey (adj.): having, brought about by, or relating to supernatural powers or magic; (synonyms): magic, magical, talismanic, thaumaturgic, thaumaturgical, theurgic, theurgical, witching, wizardly. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).


Firmament

• firmament (n.): the vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky; (adj.): firmamental. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin firmāmentum, from Latin, ‘support’, from firmāre, ‘to strengthen’; see firm²]. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

• firmament (n.): the expanse of the sky; heavens; (adj.): firmamental. [C13: from Late Latin firmāmentum, ‘sky’, considered as fixed above the earth, from Latin, ‘prop’, ‘support’, from firmāre, ‘to make firm¹’]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• firmament (n.): the arch or vault of heaven; sky; (adj.): firmamental. [1250-1300; Middle English from Late Latin firmāmentum, ‘sky’, Latin, ‘prop’, ‘support’]. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

• firmament (n.): means ‘vault of the sky’, as a fixed structure; firmament. ~ (Farlex Trivia Dictionary).

• firmament (n.): the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected; (synomyns): celestial sphere, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin, sphere. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

• firmament (n.; literary): 1. sky, skies, heaven, heavens, the blue, the skies, vault, vault of heaven; (archaic): welkin; (poetic): empyrean; [e.g.]: “There are no stars in the firmament tonight”; 2. arena, province, sphere, realm, domain; [e.g.]: “He was a rising star in the political firmament”. ~ (Collins English Thesaurus).

• firmament (n.): the celestial regions as seen from the earth; (synomyns): air, heaven (often used in plural), sky; (archaic): welkin. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).

Firmament:


Flagitious:

• flagitious (adj.): 1. extremely wicked, deeply criminal; heinous; [e.g.]: “a flagitious crime”; “their heinous accusations”; wicked (diabolic or heinously bad; sinful); [e.g.]: “a flagitious felony”; “their wicked influence”; 2. shockingly brutal or cruel; [e.g.]: “they persisted in their flagitious project”; (synonyms): atrocious, monstrous, grievous; [e.g.]: “murder is an atrocious crime”; “no excess was too monstrous for them to commit”; “a grievous offence against morality”; evil (vile iniquity or peccant depravity); [e.g.]: “those evil purposes”; “their evil deeds”. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

• flagitious (adj.): utterly reprehensible in nature or behaviour; (synonyms): corrupt, degenerate, depraved, miscreant, perverse, rotten, unhealthy, villainous.~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).


Flog:

[Dictionary Definitions]: ‘Flog: Sell, offer for sale (esp. worthless or shoddy goods or those illicitly obtained).’ (Oxford Quotation).

‘Flog to death colloq. talk about, promote, etc., ad nauseam.’ (Oxford Quotation).


Foil:


Folkways:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• folkways (pl. n.; sociology): traditional and customary ways of living. [Middle English folk, from Old English folc + way, from Old English weg; related to Old Frisian wei, Gothic, ‘wigs’]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• folkways (n.): a term coined by William Graham Sumner in his treatise "Folkways" (1906) to denote those group habits which are common to a society or culture and are usually called ‘customs’. The word folkways provided a useful contribution to the development of the concept of culture and is still used in its technical sense in sociological literature. Fashions in clothing or modes of recreation exemplify folkways. The term has failed to maintain the currency it once enjoyed among the other social sciences but has gained acceptance as a colloquial term. ~ (Columbia Electronic Encyclopaedia).


Fondly:

[Dictionary Definitions]: ‘fondly: 1. (obsolete) foolishly, ignorantly; 2. affectionately, tenderly, lovingly; 3. with self-deceiving, affectionate, or foolish credulity’ (Oxford Dictionary).


Foreboding:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• grim foreboding: a desolatory (forsaken, dismal, wretched) or bleak presage.
• dire foreboding: a minatory (ominous, baleful, menacing) or sinister presage.
• awful foreboding: a reconciliatory (awing, humbling, reverential) or redemptive presage. Oxford Dictionary


Foregone Conclusion:

foregone conclusion (n.): an inevitable ending {=outcome or result}; matter of course. [curly-bracketed insert added] ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).


Friendly:

• friendly (adj.): favorable; propitious; salutary; conferring benefit: as, “a friendly breeze or gale”; “rains friendly to ripening fruits”. ~ (Century Dictionary and Cyclopaedia).
• friendly (adj.): favorable; propitious; salutary; promoting the good of; as “a friendly breeze or gale”; “excessive rains are not friendly to the ripening fruits”; “temperance is friendly to longevity”. ~ (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary).
• friendly (adj.): promoting the good of any person; favorable; propitious; serviceable; [e.g.]: “a friendly breeze or gale”. ~ (Webster’s 1913 Dictionary).
• friendly (adj.): favorable or serviceable; [e.g.]: “no one noticed her as she slipped out – it was a friendly night”; “the 1970s were friendly to the single woman”; “waiting for the friendly cover of night to fall before moving on”; “to promote environmentally friendly ways”; (syn.): favourable, advantageous, beneficial, benevolent, helpful, well disposed, good. ~ (Oxford English Dictionary).


Führerprinzip:

The Führerprinzip (German for ‘leader principle’) prescribed the fundamental basis of political authority in the Government of Nazi Germany. This principle can be most succinctly understood to mean that “the Führer’s word is above all written law” and that governmental policies, decisions, and offices ought to work toward the realisation of this end. (...). The Führerprinzip was not invented by the Nazis. Hermann von Keyserling, a Baltic German philosopher from Estonia, was the first to use the term. One of his central claims was that certain “gifted individuals” were “born to rule” (...). Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has argued that Adolf Hitler saw himself as an incarnation of auctoritas[*], and as the living law or highest law itself, effectively combining in his persona executive power, judicial power, and legislative power. (...). When Hitler finally came to absolute power, after being appointed Chancellor and assuming the powers of the President when Paul von Hindenburg died, he changed his title to “Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor”, and the Führerprinzip became an integral part of German society. (...). During the post-war Nuremberg Trials, Nazi war criminals used the Führerprinzip concept to argue that they were not guilty of war crimes by claiming that they were only following orders. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Führerprinzip].

[*]In ancient Rome, auctoritas referred to the general level of prestige a person had in Roman society, and, as a consequence, his standing, influence, and ability to rally support around his will. However auctoritas was not merely political; it had a numinous content and symbolised the mysterious “power of command” of heroic Roman figures. (...). After the fall of the Republic, during the days of the Roman Empire, the Emperor had the title of princeps (“first citizen” of Rome) and held the *auctoritas principis* – the supreme moral authority – in conjunction with the imperium and potestas; the military, judiciary and administrative powers. That is to say, there is a non-committal to a separation of powers, some civil rights, constitutionalism, codified constitutional state and legalist concept of law. The notion of auctoritas was often invoked by the papacy during the Middle Ages, in order to secure the temporal power of the Pope. Innocent III most famously invoked auctoritas in order to depose kings and emperors and to try to establish a papal theocracy. [emphasis added].

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auctoritas].


Furphy :

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘furphy (Austral. Slang): a false report or rumour; an absurd story. (Oxford Dictionary).


Futurition:

futurition (n.): the state of being future; futurity.~ (Webster’s 1913 Dictionary).


Futurity:

futurity (n.): 1. the time yet to come; 2. the quality of being in or of the future.~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

futurity or futurition (n.; pl. futurities): 1. a less common word for future; 2. the quality of being in the future; 3. a future event. [1595-1605].~ (Collins English Dictionary).


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