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Narrow and unintelligent conventionalism. -- Grun"dy*ist, n.

The quality of being guttural; as, the gutturalism of A [in the 16th cent.] Earle.

An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.

The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.

The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.

The type of character of the Hebrews. The governing idea of Hebraism is strictness of conscience. M. Arnold.

The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-88), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people. (b) Improperly, certain views or principles erroneously ascribed to Father Hecker in a French tran…

The disposition or the practice of a hector; a bullying. [R.]

The doctrine of the Hedonic sect.

The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831).

The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.

The practice or theory of using hellebore as a medicine.

speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism. Addison.

The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery.

The property of crystallizing hemihedrally.

Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest. [R.]

The knowledge of herbs.

See Hermaphroditism.

The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities. Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action. Hare.