CLASS I: Words Expressing ABSTRACT RELATIONS
SECTION VII. CHANGE
COMPLEX CHANGE
Changeableness. –N. mutability, inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium; vacillation; fluctuation, vicissitude; alternation. restlessness; fidgets, disquiet, unrest, agitation. moon, Proteus, chameleon, kaleidoscope, quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers; wheel of Fortune; transientness.
Stability. –N. immutability; unchangeableness; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stabilization, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb. establishment, fixture; rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots. permanence; obstinacy.
Thesaurus of Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget, M.D., F.R.S. Enlarged by John Lewis Roget, M.A., New Edition Revised and Enlarged by Samuel Romily Roget, M.A. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, the edition is copyright 1941, 1947.
SECTION VII. CHANGE
COMPLEX CHANGE
Changeableness. –N. mutability, inconstancy; versatility, mobility; instability, unstable equilibrium; vacillation; fluctuation, vicissitude; alternation. restlessness; fidgets, disquiet, unrest, agitation. moon, Proteus, chameleon, kaleidoscope, quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers; wheel of Fortune; transientness.
Stability. –N. immutability; unchangeableness; constancy; stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stabilization, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb. establishment, fixture; rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots. permanence; obstinacy.
Thesaurus of Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget, M.D., F.R.S. Enlarged by John Lewis Roget, M.A., New Edition Revised and Enlarged by Samuel Romily Roget, M.A. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, the edition is copyright 1941, 1947.
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