Appendix:Roget's thesaurus classification
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Synopsis/Outline of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
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Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations [edit]
Section I. Existence [edit]
- 1. Being, in The Abstract
- 1. existence - o
- 2. inexistence - o
- 2. Being, In The Concrete
- 3. substantiality - o
- 4. unsubstantiality - o
- 3. Formal Existence
- 5. intrinsicality - o
- 6. extrinsicality - o
- 4. Modal Existence
- 7. state - o
- 8. circumstance - o
Section II. Relation [edit]
- 1. Absolute Relation
- 9. relation - o
- 10. irrelation - o
- 11. consanguinity - o
- 12. correlation - o
- 13. identity - o
- 14. contrariety - o
- 15. difference - o
- 2. Continuous Relation
- 16. uniformity - o
- 16A. Nonuniformity
- 3. Partial Relation
- 17. similarity - o
- 18. dissimilarity - o
- 19. imitation - o
- 20. nonimitation - o
- 20A. variation - o
- 21. copy - o
- 22. prototype - o
- 4. General Relation
- 23. agreement - o
- 24. disagreement - o
Section III. Quantity [edit]
- 1. Simple Quantity
- 2. Comparative Quantity
- 27. equality - o
- 28. inequality - o
- 29. mean - o
- 30. compensation - o
- 1 Quantity by Comparison with a Standard
- 2 Quantity by Comparison with a Similar Object
- 33. superiority - o
- 34. inferiority - o
- 3 Changes in Quantity
- 3. Conjunctive Quantity
- 37. addition - o
- 38. nonaddition - o. subtraction - o
- 39. adjunct - o
- 40. remainder - o
- 40A. decrement - o
- 41. mixture - o
- 42. simpleness - o
- 43. junction - o
- 44. disjunction - o
- 45. connection - o
- 46. coherence - o
- 47. incoherence - o
- 48. combination - o
- 49. decomposition - o
- 4. Concrete Quantity
- 50. whole - o
- 51. part - o - WS
- 52. completeness - o
- 53. incompleteness - o
- 54. composition - o
- 55. exclusion - o
- 56. component - o
- 57. extraneousness - o
Section IV. Order [edit]
- 1. Order in General
- 58. order - o
- 59. disorder - o - WS
- 59A. complexity - o
- 60. arrangement - o
- 61. derangement - o
- 2. Consecutive Order
- 3. Collective Order
- 72. assemblage - o
- 73. nonassemblage - o. dispersion - o
- 74. focus - o
- 4. Distributive Order
- 5. Order as Regards Categories
- 80. normality - o
- 81. multiformity - o
- 82. conformity - o
- 83. unconformity - o
Section V. Number [edit]
- 1. Number, in the Abstract
- 2. Determinate Number
- 87. unity - o
- 88. accompaniment - o
- 89. duality - o
- 90. duplication - o
- 91. bisection - o
- 92. triality - o
- 93. triplication - o
- 94. trisection - o
- 95. four - o
- 96. quadruplication - o
- 97. quadrisection - o
- 98. five - o
- 99. quinquesection - o
- 3. Indeterminate Number
Section VI. Time [edit]
- 1. Absolute Time
- 106. time - o
- 107. neverness - o
- 108. period - o - WS
- 108A. contingent - o duration - o
- 109. course - o
- 110. diuturnity - o
- 111. transientness - o
- 112. perpetuity - o
- 113. instantaneity - o
- 114. chronometry - o
- 115. anachronism - o
- 2. Relative Time
- 1. Time with Reference to Succession
- 116. priority - o
- 117. posteriority - o
- 118. the present time - o
- 119. different time - o
- 120. synchronism - o
- 121. futurity - o
- 122. past - o
- 2. Time with Reference to a Particular Period
- 3. Time with Reference to an Effect or Purpose
- 132. earliness - o
- 132A. punctuality - o
- 133. lateness - o
- 134. occasion - o
- 135. untimeliness - o
- 3. Recurrent Time
- 136. frequency - o
- 137. infrequency - o
- 138. periodicity - o
- 139. irregularity - o of recurrence - o
Section VII. Change [edit]
- 1. Simple Change
- 140. change - o
- 141. permanence - o
- 142. cessation - o
- 143. continuance - o in action
- 144. conversion - o
- 145. reversion - o
- 146. revolution - o
- 147. substitution - o
- 148. interchange - o
- 2. Complex Change
- 149. changeableness - o
- 150. stability - o
- 151. eventuality - o
- 152. destiny - o
Section VIII. Causation [edit]
- 1. Constancy of Sequence in Events
- 2. Connection between Cause and Effect
- 3. Power in Operation
- 161. production - o
- 162. destruction - o - WS
- 163. reproduction - o
- 164. producer - o
- 165. destroyer - o
- 166. paternity - o
- 167. posterity - o
- 168. productiveness - o
- 169. unproductiveness - o
- 170. agency - o
- 171. physical energy - o
- 172. physical inertness - o (inertia)
- 173. violence - o
- 174. moderation - o
- 4. Indirect Power
- 5. Combinations of Causes
- 178. concurrence - o
- 179. counteraction - o
Class II. Words Relating to Space [edit]
Section I. Space in General [edit]
- 1. Abstract Space
- 2. Relative Space
- 3. Existence in Space
Section II. Dimensions [edit]
- 1. General Dimensions
- 2. Linear Dimensions
- 200. length - o
- 201. shortness - o
- 202. breadth - o, thickness - o
- 203. narrowness - o, thinness - o
- 204. layer - o
- 205. filament - o
- 206. height - o
- 207. lowness - o
- 208. depth - o
- 209. shallowness - o
- 210. summit - o
- 211. base - o
- 212. verticality - o
- 213. horizontality - o
- 214. pendency - o
- 215. support - o - WS
- 216. parallelism - o
- 216A. perpendicularity - o
- 217. obliquity - o
- 218. inversion - o
- 219. crossing - o
- 3. Centrical Dimensions
- 1. General.
- 220. exteriority - o
- 221. interiority - o
- 222. centrality - o
- 223. covering - o
- 224. lining - o
- 225. clothing - o - WS
- 226. divestment - o (nudity)
- 227. circumjacence - o
- 228. interposition - o
- 229. circumscription - o
- 230. outline - o
- 231. edge - o
- 232. inclosure - o
- 233. limit - o
- 2. Special
- 234. front - o
- 235. rear - o
- 236. laterality - o
- 237. contraposition - o
- 238. dextrality - o
- 239. sinistrality - o
Section III. Form [edit]
- 1. General Form
- 2. Special Form
- 244. angularity - o (angle)
- 245. curvature - o (curve)
- 246. straightness - o
- 247. circularity - o (circle)
- 248. convolution - o
- 249. rotundity - o
- 3. Superficial Form
Section IV. Motion [edit]
- 1. Motion in General
- 2. Degrees of Motion
- 3. Motion Conjoined with Force
- 4. Motion with Reference to Direction
- 278. direction - o
- 279. deviation - o
- 280. precession - o
- 281. sequence - o
- 282. progression - o
- 283. regression - o
- 284. propulsion - o
- 285. traction - o
- 286. approach - o
- 287. recession - o
- 288. attraction - o
- 289. repulsion - o
- 290. convergence - o
- 291. divergence - o
- 292. arrival - o
- 293. departure - o
- 294. ingress - o
- 295. egress - o
- 296. reception - o
- 297. ejection - o
- 298. food - o - WS
- 299. excretion - o
- 300. insertion - o
- 301. extraction - o
- 302. passage - o
- 303. transcursion - o
- 304. shortcoming - o
- 305. ascent - o
- 306. descent - o
- 307. elevation - o
- 308. depression - o
- 309. leap - o
- 310. plunge - o
- 311. circuition - o
- 312. rotation - o
- 313. evolution - o
- 314. oscillation - o
- 315. agitation - o
Class III. Words Relating to Matter [edit]
Section I. Matter in General [edit]
-
- 316. materiality - o
- 317. immateriality - o
- 318. world - o
- 319. gravity - o
- 320. levity - o
Section II. Inorganic Matter [edit]
- 1. Solid Matter
- 321. density - o
- 322. rarity - o
- 323. hardness - o
- 324. softness - o
- 325. elasticity - o
- 326. inelasticity - o
- 327. tenacity - o
- 328. brittleness - o
- 329. texture - o
- 330. pulverulence - o
- 331. friction - o
- 332. lubrication - o
- 2. Fluid Matter
- 1. Fluids In General
- 333. fluidity - o
- 334. gaseity - o (gas - o)
- 335. liquefaction - o
- 336. vaporization - o
- 2. Specific Fluids
- 3. Fluids in Motion
- 3. Imperfect Fluids
Section III. Organic Matter [edit]
- 1. Vitality
- 1. Vitality in General
- 2. Special Vitality
- 2. sensation
- 1. Sensation in General
- 375. physical sensibility - o
- 376. physical insensibility - o
- 377. physical pleasure - o - WS
- 378. physical pain - o - WS
- 2. Special Sensation
- (1) Touch
- (2) Heat
- 382. heat - o
- 383. cold - o - WS
- 384. calefaction - o (heating - o)
- 385. refrigeration - o
- 386. furnace - o
- 387. refrigerator - o
- 388. fuel - o
- 388A. insulation - o
- 389. thermometer - o
- (3) Taste
- (4) Odor
- (5) sound
- (I) Sound in General
- 402. sound - o - WS
- 403. silence - o
- 404. loudness - o
- 405. faintness - o
- (II) Specific Sounds
- 406. snap - o
- 407. roll - o
- 408. resonance - o
- 408A. nonresonance - oâ
- 409. sibilation - o
- 410. stridor - o
- 411. cry - o
- 412. ululation - o
- (III) Musical Sounds
- 413. melody - o. concord - o
- 414. discord - o
- 415. music - o
- 416. musician - o - WS
- 417. musical instrument - o - WSs
- (IV) Perception Of Sound
- 418. hearing - o
- 419. deafness - o
- (6) light
- (I) Light in General
- 420. light - o
- 421. darkness - o
- 422. dimness - o
- 423. luminary - o
- 424. shade - o
- 425. transparency - o
- 426. opacity - o
- 426A. turbidity - o
- 427. semitransparency - o
- (II) Specific Light
- 428. color - o - WS
- 429. achromatism - o
- 430. whiteness - o
- 431. blackness - o
- 432. gray - o
- 433. brown - o
- 434. redness - o
- 435. greenness - o
- 436. yellowness - o
- 437. purple - o
- 438. blueness - o
- 439. orange - o
- 440. variegation - o
- (III) Perceptions of Light
- 441. vision - o
- 442. blindness - o
- 443. dimsightedness - o
- 444. spectator - o
- 445. optical instrument - os
- 446. visibility - o
- 447. invisibility - o
- 448. appearance - o
- 449. disappearance - o
Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties [edit]
Division I. Formation of Ideas [edit]
Section I. Operations of Intellect in General [edit]
Section II. Precursory Conditions and Operations [edit]
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- 455. curiosity - o
- 456. incuriosity - o
- 457. attention - o
- 458. inattention - o
- 459. care - o
- 460. neglect - o
- 461. inquiry - o
- 462. answer - o
- 463. experiment - o
- 464. comparison - o
- 464A. incomparability - o
- 465. discrimination - o
- 465A. indiscrimination - o
- 465B. identification - o
- 466. measurement - o
Section III. Materials for Reasoning [edit]
-
- 467. evidence - o
- 468. counter evidence - o
- 469. qualification - o
- 470. possibility - o
- 471. impossibility - o
- 472. probability - o
- 473. improbability - o
- 474. certainty - o
- 475. uncertainty - o
Section IV. Reasoning Processes [edit]
-
- 476. reasoning - o
- 477. intuition - o & sophistry - o
- 478. demonstration - o
- 479. confutation - o
Section V. Results Of Reasoning [edit]
-
- 480. judgment - o
- 480A. discovery - o
- 481. misjudgment - o
- 482. overestimation - o
- 483. underestimation - o
- 484. belief - o
- 485. unbelief - o. doubt - o
- 486. credulity - o
- 487. incredulity - o
- 488. assent - o
- 489. dissent - o
- 490. knowledge - o
- 491. ignorance - o
- 492. scholar - o
- 493. ignoramus - o
- 494. truth - o
- 495. error - o
- 496. maxim - o
- 497. absurdity - o
- 498. intelligence - o, wisdom - see wikiSaurus:intelligent
- 499. imbecility - o, folly - see wikiSaurus:foolish
- 500. sage - o
- 501. fool - o
- 502. sanity - o
- 503. insanity - o - see wikiSaurus:insane, wikiSaurus:madness
- 504. madman - o - see wikiSaurus:mad person
Section VI. Extension of Thought [edit]
- 1. To the Past
- 2. To the Future
- 507. expectation - o
- 508. inexpectation - o
- 509. disappointment - o
- 510. foresight - o
- 511. prediction - o
- 512. omen - o
- 513. oracle - o
Section VII. Creative Thought [edit]
-
- 514. supposition - o
- 514A. analogy - o
- 515. imagination - o
Division II. Communication of Ideas [edit]
Section I. Nature of Ideas Communicated [edit]
-
- 516. meaning - o
- 517. unmeaningness - o
- 518. intelligibility - o
- 519. unintelligibility - o
- 520. equivocalness - o
- 521. metaphor - o
- 522. interpretation - o
- 523. misinterpretation - o
- 524. interpreter - o
Section II. Modes of Communication [edit]
-
- 525. manifestation - o
- 526. latency - o. implication - o
- 527. information - o
- 527A. correction - o
- 528. concealment - o
- 529. disclosure - o
- 530. ambush - o
- 531. publication - o
- 532. news - o
- 533. secret - o
- 534. messenger - o
- 535. affirmation - o
- 536. negation - o
- 537. teaching - o
- 538. misteaching - o
- 539. learning - o
- 540. teacher - o
- 541. learner - o
- 542. school - o
- 543. veracity - o
- 544. falsehood - o
- 545. deception - o
- 546. untruth - o
- 547. dupe - o
- 548. deceiver - o
- 549. exaggeration - o
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas [edit]
- 1. Natural Means
- 550. indication - o
- 551. record - o
- 552. obliteration - o
- 553. recorder - o
- 554. representation - o
- 555. misrepresentation - o
- 556. painting - o
- 557. sculpture - o
- 558. engraving - o
- 559. artist - o
- 2. Conventional Means
- 1. Language Generally
- 560. language - o
- 561. letter - o
- 562. word - o
- 563. neologism - o
- 564. nomenclature - o
- 565. misnomer - o
- 566. phrase - o
- 567. grammar - o
- 568. solecism - o
- 569. style - o
- 570. perspicuity - o
- 571. obscurity - o
- 572. conciseness - o
- 573. diffuseness - o
- 574. vigor - o
- 575. feebleness - o
- 576. plainness - o
- 577. ornament - o
- 578. elegance - o
- 579. inelegance - o
- 2. Spoken Language
- 580. voice - o
- 581. aphony - o
- 582. speech - o
- 583. stammering - o
- 584. loquacity - o
- 585. taciturnity - o
- 586. allocution - o
- 587. response - o
- 588. conversation - o
- 589. soliloquy - o
- 3. Written Language
- 590. writing - o
- 591. printing - o
- 592. correspondence - o
- 593. book - o
- 594. description - o
- 595. dissertation - o
- 596. compendium - o
- 597. poetry - o
- 598. prose - o
- 599. The drama - o
Class V. Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers [edit]
Division I. Individual Volition [edit]
Section I. Volition in General [edit]
- 1. Acts Of Volition
- 600. will - o
- 601. necessity - o
- 602. willingness - o
- 603. unwillingness - o
- 604. resolution - o
- 604A. perseverance - o
- 605. irresolution - o
- 606. obstinacy - o
- 607. tergiversation - o
- 608. caprice - o
- 609. choice - o
- 609A. absence of choice - o
- 610. rejection - o
- 611. predetermination - o
- 612. impulse - o
- 613. habit - o
- 614. desuetude - o
- 2. Causes of Volition
- 3. Objects of Volition
Section II. Prospective Volition [edit]
- 1. Conceptional Volition
- 2. Subservience to Ends
- 1. Actual Subservience
- 631. instrumentality - o
- 632. means - o
- 633. instrument - o
- 634. substitute - o
- 635. materials - o
- 636. store - o
- 637. provision - o
- 638. waste - o
- 639. sufficiency - o
- 640. insufficiency - o
- 641. redundancy - o
- 2. Degree of Subservience
- 642. importance - o
- 643. unimportance - o
- 644. utility - o
- 645. inutility - o
- 646. expedience - o
- 647. inexpedience - o
- 648. goodness - o
- 649. badness - o - See wikisaurus:badness
- 650. perfection - o
- 651. imperfection - o
- 652. cleanness - o
- 653. uncleanness - o
- 654. health - o
- 655. disease - o
- 656. salubrity - o
- 657. insalubrity - o
- 658. improvement - o
- 659. deterioration - o
- 660. restoration - o
- 661. relapse - o
- 662. remedy - o (medicine)
- 663. bane - o (poison)
- 3. Contingent Subservience
- 664. safety - o
- 665. danger - o
- 666. refuge - o
- 667. pitfall - o
- 668. warning - o
- 669. alarm - o
- 670. preservation - o
- 671. escape - o
- 672. deliverance - o
- 3. Precursory Measures
- 673. preparation - o
- 674. nonpreparation - o
- 675. essay - o
- 676. undertaking - o
- 677. use - o
- 678. disuse - o
- 679. misuse - o
Section III. Voluntary Action [edit]
- 1. Simple Voluntary Action
- 2. Complex Voluntary Action
Section IV. Antagonism [edit]
- 1. Conditional Antagonism
- 704. difficulty - o
- 705. facility - o
- 2. Active Antagonism
- 706. hindrance - o
- 707. aid - o
- 708. opposition - o
- 709. cooperation - o
- 710. opponent - o
- 711. auxiliary - o
- 712. party - o
- 713. discord - o
- 714. concord - o
- 715. defiance - o
- 716. attack - o
- 717. defense - o
- 718. retaliation - o
- 719. resistance - o
- 720. contention - o
- 721. peace - o
- 722. warfare - o
- 723. pacification - o
- 724. mediation - o
- 725. submission - o
- 726. combatant - o
- 727. arms - o
- 728. arena - o
Section V. Results of Voluntary Action [edit]
-
- 729. completion - o
- 730. noncompletion - o
- 731. success - o
- 732. failure - o
- 733. trophy - o
- 734. prosperity - o
- 735. adversity - o
- 736. mediocrity - o
Division II. Intersocial Volition [edit]
Section I. General Intersocial Volition [edit]
-
- 737. authority - o
- 737A. government - o
- 737B. politics - o
- 738. laxity - o
- 739. severity - o
- 740. lenity - o
- 741. command - o
- 742. disobedience - o
- 743. obedience - o
- 744. compulsion - o
- 745. master - o
- 746. servant - o
- 747. scepter - o
- 748. freedom - o
- 749. subjection - o
- 750. liberation - o
- 751. restraint - o
- 752. prison - o
- 753. keeper - o
- 754. prisoner - o
- 755. commission - o
- 756. abrogation - o
- 757. resignation - o
- 758. consignee - o
- 759. deputy - o
Section II. Special Intersocial Volition [edit]
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- 760. permission - o
- 761. prohibition - o
- 762. consent - o
- 763. offer - o
- 764. refusal - o
- 765. request - o
- 766. deprecation - o
- 767. petitioner - o
Section III. Conditional Intersocial Volition [edit]
-
- 768. promise - o
- 768A. release - o from engagement
- 769. compact - o
- 770. conditions - o
- 771. security - o
- 772. observance - o
- 773. nonobservance - o
- 774. compromise - o
Section IV. Possessive Relations [edit]
- 1. Property In General
- 775. acquisition - o
- 776. loss - o
- 777. possession - o
- 777A. exemption - o
- 778. participation - o
- 779. possessor - o
- 780. property - o
- 781. retention - o
- 782. relinquishment - o
- 2. Transfer of Property
- 3. Interchange of Property
- 4. Monetary Relations
- 800. money - o
- 801. treasurer - o
- 802. treasury - o
- 803. wealth - o
- 804. poverty - o
- 805. credit - o
- 806. debt - o
- 807. payment - o
- 808. nonpayment - o
- 809. expenditure - o
- 810. receipt - o
- 811. accounts - o
- 812. price - o
- 812A. value - o
- 812B. worthlessness - o
- 813. discount - o
- 814. dearness - o
- 815. cheapness - o
- 816. liberality - o
- 817. economy - o
- 817A. greed - o
- 818. prodigality - o
- 819. parsimony - o
Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers [edit]
Section I. Affections in General [edit]
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- 820. affections - o
- 821. feeling - o
- 822. sensibility - o
- 823. insensibility - o
- 824. excitation - o
- 825. excitability - o
- 826. inexcitability - o
Section II. Personal Affections [edit]
1. Passive Affections [edit]
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- 827. pleasure - o
- 828. pain - o
- 829. pleasurableness - o
- 830. painfulness - o
- 831. content - o
- 832. discontent - o
- 833. regret - o
- 834. relief - o
- 835. aggravation - o
- 836. cheerfulness - o
- 837. dejection - o (see depression - o)
- 838. rejoicing - o
- 839. lamentation - o
- 840. amusement - o
- 841. weariness - o
- 842. wit - o
- 843. dullness - o
- 844. humorist - o
2. Discriminative Affections [edit]
3. Prospective Affections [edit]
4. Contemplative Affections [edit]
5. Extrinsic Affections [edit]
Section III. Sympathetic Affections [edit]
1. Social Affections [edit]
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- 888. friendship - o
- 889. enmity - o
- 890. friend - o
- 891. enemy - o
- 892. sociality - o
- 893. seclusion - o. exclusion - o
- 894. courtesy - o
- 895. discourtesy - o
- 896. congratulation - o
- 897. love - o
- 898. hate - o
- 899. favorite - o
- 900. resentment - o
- 901. irascibility - o
- 901A. sullenness - o
- 902. endearment - o
- 903. marriage - o
- 904. celibacy - o
- 905. divorce - o
2. Diffusive Sympathetic Affections [edit]
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- 906. benevolence - o
- 907. malevolence - o
- 908. malediction - o
- 909. threat - o
- 910. philanthropy - o
- 911. misanthropy - o
- 912. benefactor - o
- 913. evil doer - o (malefactor - o)
3. Special Sympathetic Affections [edit]
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- 914. pity - o
- 914A. pitilessness - o
- 915. condolence - o
4. Retrospective Sympathetic Affections [edit]
Section IV. Moral Affections [edit]
1. Moral Obligations [edit]
2. Moral Sentiments [edit]
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- 928. respect - o
- 929. disrespect - o
- 930. contempt - o
- 931. approbation - o
- 932. disapprobation - o
- 933. flattery - o
- 934. detraction - o
- 935. flatterer - o
- 936. detractor - o
- 937. vindication - o
- 938. accusation - o
3. Moral Conditions [edit]
4. Moral Practice [edit]
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- 953. temperance - o
- 954. intemperance - o
- 954A. sensualist - o
- 955. asceticism - o
- 956. fasting - o
- 957. gluttony - o
- 958. sobriety - o
- 959. drunkenness - o
- 960. purity - o
- 961. impurity - o
- 962. libertine - o
5. Moral Institutions [edit]
Section V. Religious Affections [edit]
1. Superhuman Beings and Regions [edit]
2. Religious Doctrines [edit]
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- 983. theology - o
- 983A. orthodoxy - o
- 984. heterodoxy - o
- 985. Judeo-Christian - o revelation - o
- 986. pseudo-revelation - o