CLASS I: Words Expressing ABSTRACT RELATIONS
SECTION VII. CHANGE
SIMPLE CHANGE
Change. –N. alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, deviation, shift, turn; diversion; break. transformation, transfiguration; metamorphosis; metabolism; transmutation; transubstantiation; metagenesis, transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis; version; metathesis; transmogrification; catalysis; avatar; alterative. conversion; revolution; inversion; displacement; transference. changeableness; tergiversation.
[Absence of change.] Permanence. –N. stability; quiescence; obstinacy. permanency, persistence, fixity, endurance, durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservatism; laissez-faire; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish.
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
SIMPLE CHANGE
Change. –N. alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, deviation, shift, turn; diversion; break. transformation, transfiguration; metamorphosis; metabolism; transmutation; transubstantiation; metagenesis, transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis; version; metathesis; transmogrification; catalysis; avatar; alterative. conversion; revolution; inversion; displacement; transference. changeableness; tergiversation.
[Absence of change.] Permanence. –N. stability; quiescence; obstinacy. permanency, persistence, fixity, endurance, durability; standing, status quo; maintenance, preservation, conservation; conservatism; laissez-faire; law of the Medes and Persians; standing dish.
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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