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The difference is important, for although the older law of nations did cover relationships among sovereigns, this was by no means its exclusive domain. | cover | {
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"bedding that keeps a person warm in bed",
"the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it",
"the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book",
... | [
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The difference is important, for although the older law of nations did cover relationships among sovereigns, this was by no means its exclusive domain. | was | {
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The difference is important, for although the older law of nations did cover relationships among sovereigns, this was by no means its exclusive domain. | by no means | {
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The difference is important, for although the older law of nations did cover relationships among sovereigns, this was by no means its exclusive domain. | exclusive | {
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The difference is important, for although the older law of nations did cover relationships among sovereigns, this was by no means its exclusive domain. | domain | {
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | law | {
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | nature | {
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | governed | {
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | relationship | {
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | own | {
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]
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | citizens | {
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]
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | foreigners | {
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | conceptually | {
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | unified | {
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The law of nature governed sovereigns in their relationship to their own citizens, to foreigners, and to each other in a conceptually unified system. | system | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | theory | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | international law | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | nineteenth | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | century | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | became | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | common | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | virtually | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | writers | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | Europe | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | America | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | broke | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | unity | {
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The theory of international law, which in the nineteenth century became common to virtually all writers in Europe and America, broke this unity and this universality. | universality | {
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It lost sight of the individual almost entirely and confined itself to rules limiting the exercise of state power for reasons essentially unconnected with justice or morality save as these values might affect international relations. | lost | {
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It lost sight of the individual almost entirely and confined itself to rules limiting the exercise of state power for reasons essentially unconnected with justice or morality save as these values might affect international relations. | entirely | {
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It lost sight of the individual almost entirely and confined itself to rules limiting the exercise of state power for reasons essentially unconnected with justice or morality save as these values might affect international relations. | confined | {
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It lost sight of the individual almost entirely and confined itself to rules limiting the exercise of state power for reasons essentially unconnected with justice or morality save as these values might affect international relations. | exercise | {
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It lost sight of the individual almost entirely and confined itself to rules limiting the exercise of state power for reasons essentially unconnected with justice or morality save as these values might affect international relations. | state | {
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It lost sight of the individual almost entirely and confined itself to rules limiting the exercise of state power for reasons essentially unconnected with justice or morality save as these values might affect international relations. | essentially | {
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... | [
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It lost sight of the individual almost entirely and confined itself to rules limiting the exercise of state power for reasons essentially unconnected with justice or morality save as these values might affect international relations. | affect | {
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... | [
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] |
No longer did the sovereign look to the law of nations to determine what he ought to do ; his search was merely for rules that might limit his freedom of action. | merely | {
"name": "merely",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"and nothing more"
]
} | [
"and nothing more"
] | [
"merely%4:02:00::"
] |
No longer did the sovereign look to the law of nations to determine what he ought to do ; his search was merely for rules that might limit his freedom of action. | rules | {
"name": "rule",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior",
"something regarded as a normative example",
"prescribed guide for conduct or action",
"(linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic practice",
"a basic generalization tha... | [
"prescribed guide for conduct or action"
] | [
"rule%1:10:00::"
] |
No longer did the sovereign look to the law of nations to determine what he ought to do ; his search was merely for rules that might limit his freedom of action. | limit | {
"name": "limit",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the greatest possible degree of something",
"final or latest limiting point",
"as far as something can go",
"the boundary of a specific area",
"the mathematical value toward which a function goes as the independent variable approaches infinity",
... | [
"place limits on (extent or access)"
] | [
"limit%2:30:01::"
] |
No longer did the sovereign look to the law of nations to determine what he ought to do ; his search was merely for rules that might limit his freedom of action. | freedom | {
"name": "freedom",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints",
"immunity from an obligation or duty"
]
} | [
"the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints"
] | [
"freedom%1:26:00::"
] |
No longer did the sovereign look to the law of nations to determine what he ought to do ; his search was merely for rules that might limit his freedom of action. | action | {
"name": "action",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"something done (usually as opposed to something said)",
"the state of being active",
"a military engagement",
"a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)",
"the series of events that form a plot",
"... | [
"the state of being active"
] | [
"action%1:26:00::"
] |
To appreciate this development, we must relate it to other aspects of nineteenth century philosophy. | appreciate | {
"name": "appreciate",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"recognize with gratitude; be grateful for",
"be fully aware of; realize fully",
"hold dear",
"gain in value",
"increase the value of"
]
} | [
"be fully aware of; realize fully"
] | [
"appreciate%2:31:00::"
] |
To appreciate this development, we must relate it to other aspects of nineteenth century philosophy. | development | {
"name": "development",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining",
"a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)",
"(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purel... | [
"a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation"
] | [
"development%1:11:01::"
] |
To appreciate this development, we must relate it to other aspects of nineteenth century philosophy. | relate | {
"name": "relate",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"make a logical or causal connection",
"be relevant to",
"give an account of",
"be in a relationship with",
"have or establish a relationship to"
]
} | [
"make a logical or causal connection"
] | [
"relate%2:31:00::"
] |
To appreciate this development, we must relate it to other aspects of nineteenth century philosophy. | other | {
"name": "other",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the White Queen",
"recently past",
"belonging to the distant past",
"very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; - Lance Morrow"
]
} | [
"not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the White Queen"
] | [
"other%3:00:00::"
] |
To appreciate this development, we must relate it to other aspects of nineteenth century philosophy. | aspects | {
"name": "aspect",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a distinct feature or element in a problem",
"a characteristic to be considered",
"the visual percept of a region",
"the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb",
"the feelings expressed on a person's face"
]
} | [
"a distinct feature or element in a problem"
] | [
"aspect%1:09:00::"
] |
To appreciate this development, we must relate it to other aspects of nineteenth century philosophy. | nineteenth | {
"name": "nineteenth",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"position 19 in a countable series of things",
"coming next after the eighteenth in position"
]
} | [
"coming next after the eighteenth in position"
] | [
"nineteenth%5:00:00:ordinal:00"
] |
To appreciate this development, we must relate it to other aspects of nineteenth century philosophy. | century | {
"name": "century",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a period of 100 years",
"ten 10s"
]
} | [
"a period of 100 years"
] | [
"century%1:28:00::"
] |
To appreciate this development, we must relate it to other aspects of nineteenth century philosophy. | philosophy | {
"name": "philosophy",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school",
"the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics",
"any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation"
]
} | [
"the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics"
] | [
"philosophy%1:09:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | First | {
"name": "first",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the first or highest in an ordering or series",
"the first element in a countable series",
"the time at which something is supposed to begin",
"the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield... | [
"before anything else"
] | [
"first%4:02:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | most | {
"name": "most",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number",
"the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or ex... | [
"used to form the superlative"
] | [
"most%4:02:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | obvious | {
"name": "obvious",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind"
]
} | [
"easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind"
] | [
"obvious%3:00:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | was | {
"name": "be",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element",
"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)",
"be identical to; be someone or something",
"occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere",
"have an ex... | [
"occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere"
] | [
"be%2:42:05::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | growing | {
"name": "grow",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become",
"become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain",
"increase in size by natural process",
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"develop and reach maturity; undergo maturati... | [
"become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain"
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"grow%2:30:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | nationalism | {
"name": "nationalism",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it",
"the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other",
"the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination",
"the doctrine that nation... | [
"the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other"
] | [
"nationalism%1:09:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | tendency | {
"name": "tendency",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others",
"an inclination to do something",
"a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect",
"a general direction in which s... | [
"an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others"
] | [
"tendency%1:09:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | regard | {
"name": "regard",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)",
"(usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare",
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"the condition of being honored (esteemed o... | [
"deem to be"
] | [
"regard%2:31:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | state | {
"name": "state",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"a politically organized body of p... | [
"a politically organized body of people under a single government"
] | [
"state%1:14:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | individual | {
"name": "individual",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a human being",
"a single organism",
"being or characteristic of a single thing or person",
"separate and distinct from others of the same kind",
"characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing",
"concerning one person exclusively... | [
"a single organism"
] | [
"individual%1:18:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | state | {
"name": "state",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state",
"a politically organized body of p... | [
"a politically organized body of people under a single government"
] | [
"state%1:14:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | transcending | {
"name": "transcend",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"be greater in scope or size than some standard",
"be superior or better than some standard"
]
} | [
"be greater in scope or size than some standard"
] | [
"transcend%2:42:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | other | {
"name": "other",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the White Queen",
"recently past",
"belonging to the distant past",
"very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; - Lance Morrow"
]
} | [
"not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the White Queen"
] | [
"other%3:00:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | ties | {
"name": "tie",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front",
"a social or business relationship",
"equality of score in a contest",
"a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural memb... | [
"a social or business relationship"
] | [
"tie%1:26:01::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | social | {
"name": "social",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"relating to human society and its members",
"living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups",
"relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high socie... | [
"relating to human society and its members"
] | [
"social%3:01:00::"
] |
First, and most obvious, was the growing nationalism and the tendency to regard the state, and the individual 's identification with the state, as transcending other ties of social solidarity. | solidarity | {
"name": "solidarity",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group"
]
} | [
"a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group"
] | [
"solidarity%1:07:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | National | {
"name": "national",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country",
"limited to or in the interests of a particular nation",
"concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country",
"owned... | [
"of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country"
] | [
"national%3:01:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | was | {
"name": "be",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element",
"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)",
"be identical to; be someone or something",
"occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere",
"have an ex... | [
"have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)"
] | [
"be%2:42:03::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | not | {
"name": "not",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"negation of a word or group of words"
]
} | [
"negation of a word or group of words"
] | [
"not%4:02:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | new | {
"name": "new",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered",
"original and of a kind not seen before",
"lacking training or experience",
"having no previous example or precedent or parallel",
"ot... | [
"not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered"
] | [
"new%3:00:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | accelerating | {
"name": "accelerate",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"move faster",
"cause to move faster"
]
} | [
"move faster"
] | [
"accelerate%2:30:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | intensity | {
"name": "intensity",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)",
"high level or degree; the property of being intense",
"the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)",
"chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white... | [
"high level or degree; the property of being intense"
] | [
"intensity%1:07:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | scope | {
"name": "scope",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:",
"the state of the environment in which a situation exists",
"a magnifier of images of distant objects",
"electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quant... | [
"an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:"
] | [
"scope%1:07:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | Europe | {
"name": "europe",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles",
"an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and... | [
"the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles"
] | [
"europe%1:17:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | new | {
"name": "new",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"lacking training or experience",
"having no previous example or precedent or parallel",
"ot... | [
"not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered"
] | [
"new%3:00:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | unifications | {
"name": "unification",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"an occurrence that involves the production of a union",
"the state of being joined or united or linked",
"the act of making or becoming a single unit"
]
} | [
"an occurrence that involves the production of a union"
] | [
"unification%1:11:00::"
] |
National identification was not new, but it was accelerating in intensity and scope throughout Europe as new unifications occurred. | occurred | {
"name": "occur",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"come to pass",
"come to one's mind; suggest itself",
"to be found to exist"
]
} | [
"come to pass"
] | [
"occur%2:30:00::"
] |
It reached its ultimate philosophical statement in notions of `` state will '' put forward by the Germans, especially by Hegel, although political philosophers will recognize its origins in the rejected doctrines of Hobbes. | reached | {
"name": "reach",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:",
"the act of physically reaching or thrusting out",
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"reach a destination, either real or abstract... | [
"reach a destination, either real or abstract"
] | [
"reach%2:38:01::"
] |
It reached its ultimate philosophical statement in notions of `` state will '' put forward by the Germans, especially by Hegel, although political philosophers will recognize its origins in the rejected doctrines of Hobbes. | ultimate | {
"name": "ultimate",
"sense_definitions_list": [
"the finest or most superior quality of its kind",
"furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme",
"being the last or concluding element of a series"
]
} | [
"furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme"
] | [
"ultimate%3:00:00::"
] |
It reached its ultimate philosophical statement in notions of `` state will '' put forward by the Germans, especially by Hegel, although political philosophers will recognize its origins in the rejected doctrines of Hobbes. | philosophical | {
"name": "philosophical",
"sense_definitions_list": [
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"characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment"
]
} | [
"of or relating to philosophy or philosophers"
] | [
"philosophical%3:01:00::"
] |
It reached its ultimate philosophical statement in notions of `` state will '' put forward by the Germans, especially by Hegel, although political philosophers will recognize its origins in the rejected doctrines of Hobbes. | statement | {
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"a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true",
"(music) the presentation of a musical theme",
"a nonverbal message",... | [
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] | [
"statement%1:10:00::"
] |
It reached its ultimate philosophical statement in notions of `` state will '' put forward by the Germans, especially by Hegel, although political philosophers will recognize its origins in the rejected doctrines of Hobbes. | notions | {
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"a general inclusive concept",
"an odd or fanciful or capricious idea",
"(usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items"
]
} | [
"a general inclusive concept"
] | [
"notion%1:09:00::"
] |
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