Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.
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Understandings
Synonyms for "understandings" (412 found)
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agreementperceptivereasonsympathyabatement of differencesacceptationacceptingacclamationaccommodationaccordaccordanceaccordantacquaintanceacuteadjustmentaffinityagapeagreeableagreeingagreement of all
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akinall-knowingallianceamicableamityapperceptionapperceptiveappercipientappreciationapprehendingapprehensionapprehensiveargutearmed with patiencearmisticearrangementassignationassuranceastuteat oneattunedawareawarenessbargainbinding agreementbleedingbondbonds of harmonybrainbrainsbrightbrotherly lovecalibercalibratecapacitycaritascartelcement of friendshipcharitablecharitychorusclairvoyanceclementcogentcognizantcollective agreementcommandcommiserativecommitmentcommon assentcommon consentcommunioncommunitycommunity of interestscompactcompassionatecompatibilitycompatiblecompositioncomprehending
Noun(3 words)
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comprehensioncompromiseconceptionconceptiveconceptualconceptualizationconcertconcessionconcordconcordanceconcordantconcordatconcurrencecondolentcongenialcongenialityconsciousconsensusconsensus gentiumconsensus of opinion
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consensus omniumconsentconsentaneityconsortiumcontactcontractconventioncop outcop-outcordial understandingcordialitycorrespondencecorrespondingcovenantcovenant of saltdealdecisiondeductive powerdepthdesertion of principledickerdiscerningdiscernmentdisciplineddiscourse of reasondiscriminationdiscursivediscursive reasonempatheticempathicempathyemployment contracten rapportendurantenduringengagementenlightenmentententeentente cordialeesemplastic powerespritesprit de corpsestimationevasion of responsibilityfamiliarityfarseeingfarsightedfatherlyfeelingfeeling of identityfellow feelingfellowshipfix onforbearantforbearingforeknowledgeforeseeingforesightedforethoughtedforethoughtfulformal agreementfrictionlessfrictionlessnessgeneral acclamationgeneral agreementgeneral consentgeneral voicegeniusgentlegive-and-takegiving waygood sensegood vibesgood vibrationsgraspgray mattergriphappy familyharmoniousharmonyheadheadpiecehearthumanhumanehumanityideaideationideationalidentityilluminationimportin accordin concertin harmonyin rapportin tuneincisiveindulgenceindulgent
Noun(3 words)
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inferenceinharmonyinsightinsightfulintegrative powerintellectintellectionintellectualintellectual facultyintellectual graspintellectual powerintellectualismintellectualityintelligenceintelligence quotientintelligentintendmentintentinterpretationintuition
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iqironclad agreementjudgementkenkindkindnesskinshipknowingknowledgeknowledgeablelegal agreementlegal contractlenientlightlike mindedlike-mindedlike-mindednesslong sufferinglong-sufferinglongheadedlongsightedlovemasterymaternalmeaningmeeting of mindsmeltingmensmental agemental capacitymental graspmental ratiomentalitymercifulmessagemindmindfulmother witmutual agreementmutual concessionmutual understandingmutualitynative witnoeticnot so dumbnoticenotionnousobligationof one mindomniscientone accordone voiceonenessopen mindedopinionpactpactionpatientpatient as jobpeacepeacefulpenetratingpenetrationperceptionpercipiencepercipientperseveringperspicaciousperspicuousphilosophicalpicturepiercingpityingpower of mindpower of reasonprecognitionpreengagementprehensileprehensionpromiseprotocolprovidentpsychepurportrapportrapprochementratiorationalrationalityreadingrealizationreasonablereasoningreasoning facultyreasoning powerreciprocityrecognizancereconciliationrenditionruthfulsagacioussagacitysagenesssame mindsanesanitysapiencesavvyscope of mindself-controlledsensesensiblesensitivesensitivenesssensitivitysettlementsharingshrewdsignificancesignificancysignificationsingle voicesmartssoftsoftheartedsolidaritysophicspartanstipulationstoicstrong mindedstrong-mindedsupportivesurmisesurrendersympatheticsympathizingsymphonytacttactfultasteteam spirittendertenderheartedtheorythinking powertogethertoleranttoleratingtolerativetotal agreementtransactiontreatytrenchanttrucetwistunanimityunanimousnessundertakingunionunion contractunisonunitedunityuniversal agreementvalid contractverbal agreementvernunftversionviewvisionwage contractwarmheartedwisdomwisewityielding
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The more elevated a culture, the richer its language. The number of words and their combinations depends directly on a sum of conceptions and ideas; without the latter there can be no understandings, no definitions, and, as a result, no reason to enrich a language.
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It would be ridiculous to want to restrain oneself from obedience to an external and foremost will only because it did not accord with prudence. For this is precisely the supposition of the government: that it allows its subjects the liberty to judge right and wrong not according to their own understandings but according to the rule of law.
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Carl has a lifelong interest in exploring the connections between ancient pictographs and traditional Native American understandings of astronomy and the constellations.
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