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sublieutenant |
subligation |
sublimable |
sublimate |
sublimated |
sublimation
| sublimatory
| sublimaze
| sublime
| sublime porte
| sublimed
sublimation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sublimation has 2 senses
- sublimation(n = noun.event) Array - (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid; Array is a kind of shift, transformation, transmutation
- sublimation(n = noun.event) Array - (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable; Array is a kind of alteration, change, modification
Derived form verb sublimate4
Derived form verb sublimate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sublimation, n. [LL. sublimatio: cf. F. sublimation.].
- The act or process of subliming, or the state or result of being sublimed. [1913 Webster]
- The act of heightening or improving; exaltation; elevation; purification. [1913 Webster]
- That which is sublimed; the product of a purifying process. [1913 Webster]"Religion is the perfection, refinement, and sublimation of morality." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
sublimation
aeration, aerification, alienation, atomization, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, blame-shifting, block, blocking, bolting, clarification, colature, compensation, conversion, decompensation, defense mechanism, dereism, dereistic thinking, destructive distillation, displacement, dissociation, distillation, edulcoration, elution, elutriation, emotional insulation, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, essentialization, etherealization, etherification, evaporation, exhalation, extraction, fantasizing, fantasy, filtering, filtration, flight, fluidization, fractionation, fumigation, gasification, isolation, leaching, lixiviation, mental block, negativism, overcompensation, percolation, projection, psychotaxis, purification, rationalization, refinement, repression, resistance, riddling, screening, separation, sieving, sifting, smoking, sociological adjustive reactions, spiritualization, steaming, straining, substitution, suppression, symbolization, vaporization, volatilization, winnowing, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawalROGET THESAURUS
sublimation
Elevation
N elevation, raising, erection, lift, sublevation, upheaval, sublimation, exaltation, prominence, lever, crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch, dredge, dredger, dredging machine, dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift, elevated, stilted, attollent, rampant, on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.
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