types:
tradition
an inherited pattern of thought or action
object
the focus of cognitions or feelings
noumenon,
thing-in-itself
the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception
issue
an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
idea,
thought
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
center,
centre,
core,
essence,
gist,
heart,
heart and soul,
inwardness,
kernel,
marrow,
meat,
nitty-gritty,
nub,
pith,
substance,
sum
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
wisdom
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
belief
any cognitive content held as true
end,
goal
the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it
education
knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
experience
the content of direct observation or participation in an event
physical education
training in the development of and care for the human body; stresses athletics; includes hygiene
experience
the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
reality,
world
all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
life,
living
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
pabulum
insipid intellectual nourishment
antipathy
the object of a feeling of intense aversion; something to be avoided
execration
the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated
infatuation
an object of extravagant short-lived passion
reminder
an experience that causes you to remember something
paramount issue
an issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled
quodlibet
an issue that is presented for formal disputation
blind spot
a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment
remit
the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
inspiration
arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity
cogitation
a carefully considered thought about something
preoccupation
an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention
figment
a contrived or fantastic idea
reaction
an idea evoked by some experience
theorem
an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
burden
the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
motif,
theme
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
bare bones
(plural) the most basic facts or elements
hypostasis
(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
haecceity,
quiddity
the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
stuff
a critically important or characteristic component
ideal
the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
keynote
a fundamental or central idea
instantiation
a representation of an idea in the form of an instance of it
antitype
a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament
stereotype
a conventional or formulaic conception or image
schema,
scheme
an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the world
phantasmagoria
a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)
memory
something that is remembered
blur,
fuzz
a hazy or indistinct representation
faith,
trust
complete confidence in a person or plan, etc.
philosophy
any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
fetichism,
fetishism
a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish)
geneticism
the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically
meliorism
the belief that the world can be made better by human effort
autotelism
belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification
originalism
the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it
pacificism,
pacifism
the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration
sacerdotalism
a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God
spiritualism
the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)
suffragism
the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women)
supremacism
the belief that some particular group or race is superior to all others
theory
a belief that can guide behavior
thought
the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual
totemism
belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem
values
beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)
vampirism
belief in the existence of vampires
individualism
a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence
atheism
a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
bourn,
bourne
an archaic term for a goal or destination
intention
(usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal
meme
a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
folklore
the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
enlightenment
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
inexperience,
rawness
lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
realm,
region
a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
Arianism
heretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son
Marcionism
the Christian heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human
Monophysitism
a Christian heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature
Monothelitism
the theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine); condemned as heretical in the Third Council of Constantinople
Nestorianism
the theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)
Pelagianism
the theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous; condemned as heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431
Docetism
the heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real
Gnosticism
a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches
tritheism
(Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods
Albigensianism,
Catharism
a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant of Manichaeism in southern France in the 12th and 13th centuries; characterized by dualism (asserted the coexistence of two mutually opposed principles, one good and one evil); was exterminated for heresy during the Inquisition
Zurvanism
a heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring
entitlement
the belief that one deserves special treatment or privileges
science
a systematic method or organized body of knowledge relating to some topic or field