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"wotd": "biophiliahypothesis",
"definition": "Humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life; the urge to affiliate with other forms of life (Edward O. Wilson).",
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"definition": "David Lewis's modal realism \r\n 1. Possible worlds exist -- they are just as real as our world\r\n2. Possible worlds are the same sort of things as our world -- they differ in content, not in kind \r\n3. Possible worlds cannot be reduced to something more basic -- they are irreducible entities in their own right.",
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"wotd": "velitation",
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"definition": "Great path or great journey (Māori).",
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"definition": "A method of program debugging/teaching where the code/information is repeated out loud line by line giving the programmer/teacher a different perspective helping them to fine incongruencies or problems within the code/information.",
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"wotd": "euhemerism",
"definition": "An approach to the interpretation of stories in which mythological tales are presumed to have originated from real historical events or personages; the concept that gods are based on historical heroes whose stories became exaggerated in retelling.",
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"definition": "A drawing or picture of a fictitious animal used to stimulate tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) events. TOTimals generally combine features of many different animals, creating a familiar feel, while still making it impossible to identify the animal.",
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"definition": "A continuum of personality characteristics and experiences ranging from normal dissociative, imaginative states to more extreme states related to psychosis; a constellation of personality traits that are evident in some degree in everyone.",
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