"Elasticity" is a word in ENGLISH
The quality of being elastic; the inherent property in
bodies by which they recover their former figure or dimensions, after
the removal of external pressure or altering force; springiness;
tendency to rebound; as, the elasticity of caoutchouc; the elasticity
of the air.
Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or
overwork.
What I find particularly hypocritical and dishonest is the suggestion that secularism is synonym for “doubt” and “tolerance”, as opposed to the certainty and intolerance of religion. Since the French Revolution, secularism, when translated into social or political action, has hardly been a synonym for tolerance and scepticism, but has been instead unfailingly characterised by a presumption to occupy the moral high ground which entitles to deal out moral judgments. This self-righteousness has often extended to a point that its proponents have not hesitated to execute those who dare to dissent from the new received orthodoxy, with an unwavering certainty that they are fulfilling the momentous mission of promoting social and moral progress. It is perhaps worth reminding that communism – an ideological monster responsible for, within just a few short decades, mass murders on a scale previously unprecedented in human history – is a political manifestation of the idea of a secular society. Marxist communist ideologies are intrinsically linked to the notion of a state sponsored, and enforced, secularism. 3 Communism has never struck me as particularly tolerant or imbued with scepticism. It is indeed a shame that the ruthless dictators of state atheism – such as Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot - before butchering tens of millions of people, did not doubt for an instant of doing the right thing.
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A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
Read the complete definitionA receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the …
Read the complete definitionHaving the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
Read the complete definitionThe science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.
Read the complete definitionThe science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes …
Read the complete definitionThe fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, …
Read the complete definitionA drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.
Read the complete definitionA kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air …
Read the complete definitionThe tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Read the complete definitionA hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by …
Read the complete definitionA highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East …
Read the complete definitionA game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel …
Read the complete definitionbíngat v [A; a] {1} widen the angle of opening. Mibíngat siya sa balisung, He opened his jackknife. Bingátag maáyu …
Read the complete definitionA mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the …
Read the complete definitionA piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
Read the complete definitionA soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
Read the complete definitionA leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
Read the complete definitionTo rebound, as an elastic ball.
Read the complete definitionA weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by …
Read the complete definitionAny instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a …
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