TOTALISTIC

totalitarian, totalistic

(adjective) of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according to which the state regulates every realm of life; “totalitarian theory and practice”; “operating in a totalistic fashion”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

totalistic (comparative more totalistic, superlative most totalistic)

Of or pertaining to totalism.

(cellular automata) Having the state of each cell represented by a number, and the value of a cell dependent only on the sum of the values of nearby cells.

Source: Wiktionary



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30 January 2025

HYPERICISM

(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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