Appendix:Roget's thesaurus classification
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Synopsis/Outline of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
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[edit] Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations
[edit] Section I. Existence
- 1. Being, in The Abstract
- 2. Being, In The Concrete
- 3. substantiality - o - M
- 4. unsubstantiality - o - M
- 3. Formal Existence
- 5. intrinsicality - o - M
- 6. extrinsicality - o - M
- 4. Modal Existence
[edit] Section II. Relation
- 1. Absolute Relation
- 9. relation - o - M
- 10. irrelation - o - M
- 11. consanguinity - o - M
- 12. correlation - o - M
- 13. identity - o - M
- 14. contrariety - o - M
- 15. difference - o - M
- 2. Continuous Relation
- 16. uniformity - o - M
- 16A. Nonuniformity
- 3. Partial Relation
- 4. General Relation
[edit] Section III. Quantity
- 1. Simple Quantity
- 2. Comparative Quantity
- 1 Quantity by Comparison with a Standard
- 2 Quantity by Comparison with a Similar Object
- 33. superiority - o - M
- 34. inferiority - o - M
- 3 Changes in Quantity
- 3. Conjunctive Quantity
- 37. addition - o - M
- 38. nonaddition - o - M. subtraction - o - M
- 39. adjunct - o - M
- 40. remainder - o - M
- 40A. decrement - o - M
- 41. mixture - o - M
- 42. simpleness - o - M
- 43. junction - o - M
- 44. disjunction - o - M
- 45. connection - o - M
- 46. coherence - o - M
- 47. incoherence - o - M
- 48. combination - o - M
- 49. decomposition - o - M
- 4. Concrete Quantity
[edit] Section IV. Order
- 1. Order in General
- 2. Consecutive Order
- 3. Collective Order
- 72. assemblage - o - M
- 73. nonassemblage - o - M. dispersion - o - M
- 74. focus - o - M
- 4. Distributive Order
- 5. Order as Regards Categories
- 80. normality - o - M
- 81. multiformity - o - M
- 82. conformity - o - M
- 83. unconformity - o - M
[edit] Section V. Number
- 1. Number, in the Abstract
- 2. Determinate Number
- 3. Indeterminate Number
[edit] Section VI. Time
- 1. Absolute Time
- 2. Relative Time
- 1. Time with Reference to Succession
- 2. Time with Reference to a Particular Period
- 3. Time with Reference to an Effect or Purpose
- 3. Recurrent Time
- 136. frequency - o - M
- 137. infrequency - o - M
- 138. periodicity - o - M
- 139. irregularity - o - M of recurrence - o - M
[edit] Section VII. Change
- 1. Simple Change
- 140. change - o - M
- 141. permanence - o - M
- 142. cessation - o - M
- 143. continuance - o - M in action
- 144. conversion - o - M
- 145. reversion - o - M
- 146. revolution - o - M
- 147. substitution - o - M
- 148. interchange - o - M
- 2. Complex Change
[edit] Section VIII. Causation
- 1. Constancy of Sequence in Events
- 2. Connection between Cause and Effect
- 3. Power in Operation
- 161. production - o - M
- 162. destruction - o - M
- 163. reproduction - o - M
- 164. producer - o - M
- 165. destroyer - o - M
- 166. paternity - o - M
- 167. posterity - o - M
- 168. productiveness - o - M
- 169. unproductiveness - o - M
- 170. agency - o - M
- 171. physical energy - o - M
- 172. physical inertness - o - M (inertia)
- 173. violence - o - M
- 174. moderation - o - M
- 4. Indirect Power
- 5. Combinations of Causes
- 178. concurrence - o - M
- 179. counteraction - o - M
[edit] Class II. Words Relating to Space
[edit] Section I. Space in General
- 1. Abstract Space
- 2. Relative Space
- 3. Existence in Space
[edit] Section II. Dimensions
- 1. General Dimensions
- 2. Linear Dimensions
- 200. length - o - M
- 201. shortness - o - M
- 202. breadth - o - M, thickness - o - M
- 203. narrowness - o - M, thinness - o - M
- 204. layer - o - M
- 205. filament - o - M
- 206. height - o - M
- 207. lowness - o - M
- 208. depth - o - M
- 209. shallowness - o - M
- 210. summit - o - M
- 211. base - o - M
- 212. verticality - o - M
- 213. horizontality - o - M
- 214. pendency - o - M
- 215. support - o - M
- 216. parallelism - o - M
- 216A. perpendicularity - o - M
- 217. obliquity - o - M
- 218. inversion - o - M
- 219. crossing - o - M
- 3. Centrical Dimensions
- 1. General.
- 220. exteriority - o - M
- 221. interiority - o - M
- 222. centrality - o - M
- 223. covering - o - M
- 224. lining - o - M
- 225. clothing - o - M
- 226. divestment - o - M (nudity)
- 227. circumjacence - o - M
- 228. interposition - o - M
- 229. circumscription - o - M
- 230. outline - o - M
- 231. edge - o - M
- 232. inclosure - o - M
- 233. limit - o - M
- 2. Special
- 234. front - o - M
- 235. rear - o - M
- 236. laterality - o - M
- 237. contraposition - o - M
- 238. dextrality - o - M
- 239. sinistrality - o - M
[edit] Section III. Form
- 1. General Form
- 2. Special Form
- 3. Superficial Form
- 250. convexity - o - M
- 251. flatness - o - M
- 252. concavity - o - M
- 252A sponge - o - M
- 253. sharpness - o - M
- 254. bluntness - o - M
- 255. smoothness - o - M
- 256. roughness - o - M
- 257. notch - o - M
- 258. fold - o - M
- 259. furrow - o - M
- 260. opening - o - M
- 261. closure - o - M
- 262. perforator - o - M
- 263. stopper - o - M
[edit] Section IV. Motion
- 1. Motion in General
- 2. Degrees of Motion
- 3. Motion Conjoined with Force
- 4. Motion with Reference to Direction
- 278. direction - o - M
- 279. deviation - o - M
- 280. precession - o - M
- 281. sequence - o - M
- 282. progression - o - M
- 283. regression - o - M
- 284. propulsion - o - M
- 285. traction - o - M
- 286. approach - o - M
- 287. recession - o - M
- 288. attraction - o - M
- 289. repulsion - o - M
- 290. convergence - o - M
- 291. divergence - o - M
- 292. arrival - o - M
- 293. departure - o - M
- 294. ingress - o - M
- 295. egress - o - M
- 296. reception - o - M
- 297. ejection - o - M
- 298. food - o - WS - M
- 299. excretion - o - M
- 300. insertion - o - M
- 301. extraction - o - M
- 302. passage - o - M
- 303. transcursion - o - M
- 304. shortcoming - o - M
- 305. ascent - o - M
- 306. descent - o - M
- 307. elevation - o - M
- 308. depression - o - M
- 309. leap - o - M
- 310. plunge - o - M
- 311. circuition - o - M
- 312. rotation - o - M
- 313. evolution - o - M
- 314. oscillation - o - M
- 315. agitation - o - M
[edit] Class III. Words Relating to Matter
[edit] Section I. Matter in General
[edit] Section II. Inorganic Matter
- 1. Solid Matter
- 2. Fluid Matter
- 1. Fluids In General
- 2. Specific Fluids
- 3. Fluids in Motion
- 3. Imperfect Fluids
[edit] Section III. Organic Matter
- 1. Vitality
- 1. Vitality in General
- 2. Special Vitality
- 2. sensation
- 1. Sensation in General
- 2. Special Sensation
- (1) Touch
- (2) Heat
- (3) Taste
- (4) Odor
- (5) sound
- (I) Sound in General
- 402. sound - o - WS - M
- 403. silence - o - M
- 404. loudness - o - M
- 405. faintness - o - M
- (II) Specific Sounds
- 406. snap - o - M
- 407. roll - o - M
- 408. resonance - o - M
- 408A. nonresonance - o - Mâ€
- 409. sibilation - o - M
- 410. stridor - o - M
- 411. cry - o - M
- 412. ululation - o - M
- (III) Musical Sounds
- 413. melody - o - M. concord - o - M
- 414. discord - o - M
- 415. music - o - M
- 416. musician - o - WS - M
- 417. musical instrument - o - WS - Ms
- (IV) Perception Of Sound
- 418. hearing - o - M
- 419. deafness - o - M
- (6) light
- (I) Light in General
- 420. light - o - M
- 421. darkness - o - M
- 422. dimness - o - M
- 423. luminary - o - M
- 424. shade - o - M
- 425. transparency - o - M
- 426. opacity - o - M
- 426A. turbidity - o - M
- 427. semitransparency - o - M
- (II) Specific Light
- 428. color - o - WS - M
- 429. achromatism - o - M
- 430. whiteness - o - M
- 431. blackness - o - M
- 432. gray - o - M
- 433. brown - o - M
- 434. redness - o - M
- 435. greenness - o - M
- 436. yellowness - o - M
- 437. purple - o - M
- 438. blueness - o - M
- 439. orange - o - M
- 440. variegation - o - M
- (III) Perceptions of Light
- 441. vision - o - M
- 442. blindness - o - M
- 443. dimsightedness - o - M
- 444. spectator - o - M
- 445. optical instrument - o - Ms
- 446. visibility - o - M
- 447. invisibility - o - M
- 448. appearance - o - M
- 449. disappearance - o - M
[edit] 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
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- 455. curiosity - o - M
- 456. incuriosity - o - M
- 457. attention - o - M
- 458. inattention - o - M
- 459. care - o - M
- 460. neglect - o - M
- 461. inquiry - o - M
- 462. answer - o - M
- 463. experiment - o - M
- 464. comparison - o - M
- 464A. incomparability - o - M
- 465. discrimination - o - M
- 465A. indiscrimination - o - M
- 465B. identification - o - M
- 466. measurement - o - M
[edit] Section III. Materials for Reasoning
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- 467. evidence - o - M
- 468. counter evidence - o - M
- 469. qualification - o - M
- 470. possibility - o - M
- 471. impossibility - o - M
- 472. probability - o - M
- 473. improbability - o - M
- 474. certainty - o - M
- 475. uncertainty - o - M
[edit] Section IV. Reasoning Processes
[edit] Section V. Results Of Reasoning
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- 480. judgment - o - M
- 480A. discovery - o - M
- 481. misjudgment - o - M
- 482. overestimation - o - M
- 483. underestimation - o - M
- 484. belief - o - M
- 485. unbelief - o - M. doubt - o - M
- 486. credulity - o - M
- 487. incredulity - o - M
- 488. assent - o - M
- 489. dissent - o - M
- 490. knowledge - o - M
- 491. ignorance - o - M
- 492. scholar - o - M
- 493. ignoramus - o - M
- 494. truth - o - M
- 495. error - o - M
- 496. maxim - o - M
- 497. absurdity - o - M
- 498. intelligence - o - M, wisdom - see wikiSaurus:intelligent
- 499. imbecility - o - M, folly - see wikiSaurus:foolish
- 500. sage - o - M
- 501. fool - o - M
- 502. sanity - o - M
- 503. insanity - o - M - see wikiSaurus:insane, wikiSaurus:madness
- 504. madman - o - M - see wikiSaurus:mad person
[edit] Section VI. Extension of Thought
- 1. To the Past
- 2. To the Future
[edit] Section VII. Creative Thought
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- 514. supposition - o - M
- 514A. analogy - o - M
- 515. imagination - o - M
[edit] Division II. Communication of Ideas
[edit] Section I. Nature of Ideas Communicated
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- 516. meaning - o - M
- 517. unmeaningness - o - M
- 518. intelligibility - o - M
- 519. unintelligibility - o - M
- 520. equivocalness - o - M
- 521. metaphor - o - M
- 522. interpretation - o - M
- 523. misinterpretation - o - M
- 524. interpreter - o - M
[edit] Section II. Modes of Communication
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- 525. manifestation - o - M
- 526. latency - o - M. implication - o - M
- 527. information - o - M
- 527A. correction - o - M
- 528. concealment - o - M
- 529. disclosure - o - M
- 530. ambush - o - M
- 531. publication - o - M
- 532. news - o - M
- 533. secret - o - M
- 534. messenger - o - M
- 535. affirmation - o - M
- 536. negation - o - M
- 537. teaching - o - M
- 538. misteaching - o - M
- 539. learning - o - M
- 540. teacher - o - M
- 541. learner - o - M
- 542. school - o - M
- 543. veracity - o - M
- 544. falsehood - o - M
- 545. deception - o - M
- 546. untruth - o - M
- 547. dupe - o - M
- 548. deceiver - o - M
- 549. exaggeration - o - M
[edit] Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
- 1. Natural Means
- 2. Conventional Means
- 1. Language Generally
- 560. language - o - M
- 561. letter - o - M
- 562. word - o - M
- 563. neologism - o - M
- 564. nomenclature - o - M
- 565. misnomer - o - M
- 566. phrase - o - M
- 567. grammar - o - M
- 568. solecism - o - M
- 569. style - o - M
- 570. perspicuity - o - M
- 571. obscurity - o - M
- 572. conciseness - o - M
- 573. diffuseness - o - M
- 574. vigor - o - M
- 575. feebleness - o - M
- 576. plainness - o - M
- 577. ornament - o - M
- 578. elegance - o - M
- 579. inelegance - o - M
- 2. Spoken Language
- 580. voice - o - M
- 581. aphony - o - M
- 582. speech - o - M
- 583. stammering - o - M
- 584. loquacity - o - M
- 585. taciturnity - o - M
- 586. allocution - o - M
- 587. response - o - M
- 588. conversation - o - M
- 589. soliloquy - o - M
- 3. Written Language
- 590. writing - o - M
- 591. printing - o - M
- 592. correspondence - o - M
- 593. book - o - M
- 594. description - o - M
- 595. dissertation - o - M
- 596. compendium - o - M
- 597. poetry - o - M
- 598. prose - o - M
- 599. The drama - o - M
[edit] Class V. Words Relating to the Voluntary Powers
[edit] Division I. Individual Volition
[edit] Section I. Volition in General
- 1. Acts Of Volition
- 600. will - o - M
- 601. necessity - o - M
- 602. willingness - o - M
- 603. unwillingness - o - M
- 604. resolution - o - M
- 604A. perseverance - o - M
- 605. irresolution - o - M
- 606. obstinacy - o - M
- 607. tergiversation - o - M
- 608. caprice - o - M
- 609. choice - o - M
- 609A. absence of choice - o - M
- 610. rejection - o - M
- 611. predetermination - o - M
- 612. impulse - o - M
- 613. habit - o - M
- 614. desuetude - o - M
- 2. Causes of Volition
- 3. Objects of Volition
[edit] Section II. Prospective Volition
- 1. Conceptional Volition
- 2. Subservience to Ends
- 1. Actual Subservience
- 631. instrumentality - o - M
- 632. means - o - M
- 633. instrument - o - M
- 634. substitute - o - M
- 635. materials - o - M
- 636. store - o - M
- 637. provision - o - M
- 638. waste - o - M
- 639. sufficiency - o - M
- 640. insufficiency - o - M
- 641. redundancy - o - M
- 2. Degree of Subservience
- 642. importance - o - M
- 643. unimportance - o - M
- 644. utility - o - M
- 645. inutility - o - M
- 646. expedience - o - M
- 647. inexpedience - o - M
- 648. goodness - o - M
- 649. badness - o - M - See wikisaurus:badness
- 650. perfection - o - M
- 651. imperfection - o - M
- 652. cleanness - o - M
- 653. uncleanness - o - M
- 654. health - o - M
- 655. disease - o - M
- 656. salubrity - o - M
- 657. insalubrity - o - M
- 658. improvement - o - M
- 659. deterioration - o - M
- 660. restoration - o - M
- 661. relapse - o - M
- 662. remedy - o - M (medicine)
- 663. bane - o - M (poison)
- 3. Contingent Subservience
- 664. safety - o - M
- 665. danger - o - M
- 666. refuge - o - M
- 667. pitfall - o - M
- 668. warning - o - M
- 669. alarm - o - M
- 670. preservation - o - M
- 671. escape - o - M
- 672. deliverance - o - M
- 3. Precursory Measures
[edit] Section III. Voluntary Action
- 1. Simple Voluntary Action
- 2. Complex Voluntary Action
[edit] Section IV. Antagonism
- 1. Conditional Antagonism
- 2. Active Antagonism
- 706. hindrance - o - M
- 707. aid - o - M
- 708. opposition - o - M
- 709. cooperation - o - M
- 710. opponent - o - M
- 711. auxiliary - o - M
- 712. party - o - M
- 713. discord - o - M
- 714. concord - o - M
- 715. defiance - o - M
- 716. attack - o - M
- 717. defense - o - M
- 718. retaliation - o - M
- 719. resistance - o - M
- 720. contention - o - M
- 721. peace - o - M
- 722. warfare - o - M
- 723. pacification - o - M
- 724. mediation - o - M
- 725. submission - o - M
- 726. combatant - o - M
- 727. arms - o - M
- 728. arena - o - M
[edit] Section V. Results of Voluntary Action
[edit] Division II. Intersocial Volition
[edit] Section I. General Intersocial Volition
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- 737. authority - o - M
- 737A. government - o - M
- 737B. politics - o - M
- 738. laxity - o - M
- 739. severity - o - M
- 740. lenity - o - M
- 741. command - o - M
- 742. disobedience - o - M
- 743. obedience - o - M
- 744. compulsion - o - M
- 745. master - o - M
- 746. servant - o - M
- 747. scepter - o - M
- 748. freedom - o - M
- 749. subjection - o - M
- 750. liberation - o - M
- 751. restraint - o - M
- 752. prison - o - M
- 753. keeper - o - M
- 754. prisoner - o - M
- 755. commission - o - M
- 756. abrogation - o - M
- 757. resignation - o - M
- 758. consignee - o - M
- 759. deputy - o - M
[edit] Section II. Special Intersocial Volition
[edit] Section III. Conditional Intersocial Volition
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- 768. promise - o - M
- 768A. release - o - M from engagement
- 769. compact - o - M
- 770. conditions - o - M
- 771. security - o - M
- 772. observance - o - M
- 773. nonobservance - o - M
- 774. compromise -