Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

Division (I) Formation of Ideas

Section I. Operations of Intellect in General

Intellect.

Absence or want of Intellect.

Thought.

Incogitance.

Idea.

Topic.

Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations

Curiosity.

Incuriosity.

Attention.

Inattention.

Care.

Neglect.

Inquiry.

Answer.

Experiment.

Comparison.

Discrimination.

Indiscrimination.

Measurement.

Section III. Materials for Reasoning

Evidence

Counterevidence.

Qualification.

Possibility.

Impossibility.

Probability.

Improbability.

Certainty.

Uncertainty.

Section IV. Reasoning Processes

Reasoning.

Intuition. Sophistry.

Demonstration.

Confutation.

Section V. Results of Reasoning

Judgment.

Discovery.

Misjudgment.

Overestimation.

Underestimation.

Belief.

Unbelief. Doubt.

Credulity.

Incredulity.

Assent.

Dissent.

Knowledge.

Ignorance.

Scholar.

Ignoramus.

Truth.

Error.

Maxim.

Absurdity.

Faculties

Intelligence. Wisdom.

Imbecility. Folly.

Sage.

Fool.

Sanity.

Insanity.

Madman.

Section VI. Extension of Thought

1. To the Past

   Memory.

   Oblivion.

2. To the Future

   Expectation.

   Inexpectation.

   Disappointment.

   Foresight.

   Prediction.

   Omen.

   Oracle.

Section VII. Creative Thought

Supposition.

Imagination.

Division (II) Communication of Ideas

Section I. Nature of Ideas Communicated

Meaning.

Unmeaningness.

Intelligibility.

Unintelligibility.

Equivocalness.

Metaphor.

Interpretation.

Misinterpretation.

Interpreter.

Section II. Modes of Communication

Manifestation.

Latency.

Information.

Concealment.

Disclosure.

Ambush.

Publication.

News.

Secret.

Messenger.

Affirmation.

Negation.

Teaching.

Misteaching.

Learning.

Teacher.

Learner.

School.

Veracity.

Falsehood.

Deception.

Untruth.

Dupe.

Deceiver.

Exaggeration.

Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas

1. Natural Means

   Indication.

   Record.

   Obliteration.

   Recorder.

   Representation.

   Misrepresentation.

   Painting, Black and White.

   Sculpture.

   Engraving.

   Artist.

2. Conventional Means
   1. Language generally

      Language.

      Letter.

      Word.

      Neology.

      Nomenclature.

      Misnomer.

      Phrase.

      Grammar.

      Solecism.

      Style.

      Various Qualities of Style

      Perspicuity.

      Obscurity.

      Conciseness.

      Diffuseness.

      Vigor.

      Feebleness.

      Plainness.

      Ornament.

      Elegance.

      Inelegance.

   2. Spoken Language

      Voice.

      Aphonia.

      Speech.

      Stammering.

      Loquacity.

      Taciturnity.

      Allocution.

      Response

      Interlocution.

      Soliloquy.

   3. Written Language

      Writing.

      Printing.

      Correspondence.

      Book.

      Description.

      Dissertation.

      Compendium.

      Poetry.

      Prose.

      The Drama.