Definitions

Miasmal; Microcosm/Macrocosm; Mindful

Minorly; Miracle; Misandry; Misogyny; Misanthropy

Miserabilism; Misapprehension; Mitigate; Modus Operandi

Modus Vivendi; Morbid; Mores; Multitudinous; Multivarious

Myopic; Myopia; Mystical

• microcosm (n.): a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger; (‘the city is \ a microcosm of modern Malaysia’); humankind regarded as the representation in miniature of the universe; (‘the belief in correspondences between the\ Universe and Man – between microcosm and macrocosm’). (Oxford Dictionary).

• macrocosm (n.): 1. a complex structure, such as the universe or society, regarded as an entirety, as opposed to microcosms, which have a similar \ structure and are contained within it; 2. any complex entity regarded as a complete system in itself.
• microcosm (n.): 1. a miniature representation of something, esp a unit, group, or place regarded as a copy of a larger one; 2. (philosophy): man \ regarded as epitomizing the universe. (Collins Dictionary).

• microcosm (n.): a small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development; (‘He sees the auto \ industry as a microcosm of the U.S. itself’ ~William J. Hampton); (adj.): microcosmic, microcosmical; (adv.): microcosmically.
• macrocosm (n.): 1. the entire world; the universe; 2. a system reflecting on a large scale one of its component systems or parts; (adj.): macrocosmic, \ macrocosmical; (adv.): macrocosmically. (American Heritage Dictionary).

Mindful:

• mindful (adj.): attentive; heedful. ~ (American Heritage Dictionary).

• mindful (adj.): keeping aware; heedful. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

• mindful (adj.): attentive; aware. ~ (Webster’s College Dictionary).

• mindful (adj.): bearing in mind; attentive to; aware. ~ (Princeton’s WordNet 3.0).

• mindful (adj.): 1. tending toward awareness and appreciation; (synonyms): aware, conscious, observant; 2. cautiously attentive; (synonyms): heedful, watchful, careful, observant. ~ (American Heritage Roget’s Thesaurus).

Minorly :

minorly (adv.): in a minor way; marginally, slightly; [e.g.]: “He was minorly injured in the fall”; “She became minorly famous back home for confessional diary items penned for the daily newspaper about the life of a young, single woman in the city”. (Vet Wagner, “Toronto Star’, 03 Mar 2009); ”The American Embassy was not so much heavily guarded as minorly fortified“. (Tom Clancy, ”Patriot Games“, 1987). [first known use: 1840, in the meaning defined above; from minor + -ly]. ~ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).

Miracle:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘miracle: a marvellous event not ascribable to human or natural agency (inexplicable by the laws of nature) and therefore attributed to the intervention of a supernatural agent, esp. (in Christian belief) God; specifically an act demonstrating control over nature, serving as evidence that the agent is either divine or divinely favoured; a person or thing of more than natural excellence; a surpassing specimen or example of; a remarkable or marvellous phenomenon or event (frequently hyperbole).’ (Oxford Dictionary).

Misandry; Misogyny; Misanthropy:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• ‘misandry: hatred of men’.
• ‘misogyny: hatred of women’.
• ‘misanthropy: hatred of humankind’. (Oxford Dictionary).

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Miserabilism:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘miserabilism: pessimism, gloomy negativity’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Misapprehension:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘misapprehension: a mistaken assumption’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Mitigate:

Modus Operandi:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘modus operandi (= mode of operating): the way in which a person sets about a task’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Modus Vivendi:

Modus Vivendi (n.; pl. modi vivendi): 1. a feasible arrangement or practical compromise; esp. one that bypasses difficulties;
2. *a manner of living: a way of life*. [origin and etymology: New Latin, ‘manner of living’; first known use: circa 1878]. [emphasis added]. ~ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary).

Morbid:

• morbid (adj.): 1. not sound and healthful; induced by, or characteristic of, a diseased or abnormal condition; diseased; sickly; hence, abnormally or unnaturally susceptible to emotional impressions, esp. of a gloomy or unwholesome nature; [e.g.]: “Her sick and morbid heart” (Hawthorne); 2. relating to disease; as, ‘morbid anatomy’; (synonyms): sickly, sick, unwholesome. [Latin morbidus, from morbus, ‘disease’; prob. akin to mori, ‘to die’; cf. French morbide; see mortal]. ~ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary; 1927).

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• morbid (adj.): 1. (a) of, relating to, or characteristic of disease; [e.g.]: “morbid anatomy”; (b) affected with or induced by disease; [e.g.]: “a morbid condition”; (c) productive of disease; [e.g.]: “morbid substances”; 2. abnormally susceptible to or characterised by gloomy or unwholesome feelings; 3. grisly, gruesome; [e.g.]: “morbid details”; “morbid curiosity”; (adv.): morbidly; (n.): morbidness. [origin and etymology: first known use: 1656; from Latin morbidus, ‘diseased’, from morbus, ‘disease’]. ~ (Merriam-Webster Dictionary; 2017).

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Mores:

[Dictionary Definitions]:

• mores (n.): mores is the Latin plural of mōr, mōs, and means “acquired customs and manners”; social and moral conventions are mores, and the lack of these is anomie⁽*⁾.~ (Farlex Trivia Dictionary).

⁽*⁾anomie, anomy, anomia (n.): a state or condition of individuals or society characterised by an absence or breakdown of social and legal norms and values, as in the case of an uprooted people; (adj.): anomic. ~ (Ologies & Isms Dictionary).

• mores (pl. n.; pron. moor-raze): a concept developed by William Graham Sumner (1840-1910) to designate those folkways {i.e., habitual group customs, behaviours and fashions} which, if violated, result in extreme punishment; the term comes from the Latin mōs (‘customs’), and although mores are fewer in number than folkways, they are more coercive; negative mores are taboos, usually supported by religious or philosophical sanctions; whereas folkways guide human conduct in the more mundane areas of life, mores tend to control those aspects connected with sex, the family, or religion. [curly-bracketed insert added] ~ (Columbia Electronic Encyclopaedia).

Multitudinous:

Multivarious:

Myopic:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘myopic: of, pertaining to, or affected with myopia; short-sighted, near-sighted; [example] a board full of myopic people: narrow, narrow-minded, short-sighted, insular, parochial, provincial, limited, prejudiced (...)’. (Oxford Dictionary).

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Myopia:

[Dictionary Definition]: ‘myopia (fig.): near-sightedness’. (Oxford Dictionary).

Mystical:

• mystical (adj.): 1. relating to or characteristic of mysticism (=belief in or experience of a reality surpassing normal human understanding or experience, esp. a reality perceived as essential to the nature of life; a system of contemplation and spirituality aimed at achieving direct intuitive experience of the divine); 2. (theology): having a divine or sacred significance which surpasses natural human apprehension; 3. (alternative belief systems): having occult or metaphysical significance, nature, or force; (adj. & n.): mystic; mystics; (adv.): mystically; (n.): mysticalness. [C14: Middle English mystik, from Latin mysticus, from Greekmustikos, derivative of mustē , ‘mystery initiate’; related to muein, ‘to close the eyes’, ‘to initiate into sacred rites’]. ~ (Collins English Dictionary).

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