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heir
heir person designated by law to succeed to the ownership of property of another if that owner does not make a contrary disposition of it by will . A person who takes property left to him by will is not an heir but a legatee. The property that the heir receives is his inheritance. Originally the...
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identity theft
identity theft the use of one person's personal information by another to commit fraud or other crimes. The most common forms of identity theft occur when someone obtains another person's social security number, driver's license number, date of birth, and the like and uses it to open a fraudulent b...
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behavior therapy
behavior therapy or behavior modification, in psychology, treatment of human behavioral disorders through the reinforcement of acceptable behavior and suppression of undesirable behavior. The technique had its roots in the work of Ivan Pavlov , a Russian physiologist who observed that animals ...
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monotheism
monotheism [Gr.,=belief in one God], in religion, a belief in one personal god. In practice, monotheistic religion tends to stress the existence of one personal god that unifies the universe. The term is applied particularly to Judaism , Christianity , and Islam , as well as Zoroastrianism . So...
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Gordon W. Allport
Gordon W. Allport , 1897-1967, American psychologist, b. Montezuma, Ind. One of the first psychologists to study personality , Allport researched human attitudes, prejudices, and religious beliefs. His theory of personality, which rejected both Freudian psychology and behaviorism, emphasized the un...
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ambivalence
ambivalence , coexistence of two opposing drives, desires, feelings, or emotions toward the same person, object, or goal. The ambivalent person may be unaware of either of the opposing wishes. The term was coined in 1911 by Eugen Bleuler , to designate one of the major symptoms of schizophrenia , ...
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Elisabeth
Elisabeth For persons thus named, use Elizabeth.
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Mohammed
Mohammed For persons thus named, use Muhammad.
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arrest
arrest in law, seizure and detention of a person, either to bring him before a court body or official, or to otherwise secure the administration of the law. A person may be arrested for an alleged violation of civil or criminal law. Civil arrest is most often used when one has been guilty of civil ...
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domicile
domicile , one's legal residence. This may or may not be the place where one actually resides at any one time. The domicile is the permanent home to which one is presumed to have the intention of returning whenever the purpose for which one is absent has been accomplished. One may simultaneously hav...
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