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Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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A classic reference work arranging English words by ideas, meanings, relations, and expression.

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Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases is a landmark reference book organized around meaning rather than alphabetical lookup alone. It helps readers, writers, and students explore English vocabulary through families of ideas.

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Peter Mark Roget died in 1869, and Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases was first published in 1852. These dates support the public-domain basis for the English source text used in this edition.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02ROGET'S THESAURUS
  3. 03ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES
  4. 04CLASS I
  5. 05WORDS EXPRESSING ABSTRACT RELATIONS
  6. 06SECTION I.
  7. 07EXISTENCE
  8. 081. BEING, IN THE ABSTRACT
  9. 092. BEING, IN THE CONCRETE
  10. 103. FORMAL EXISTENCE
  11. 114. MODAL EXISTENCE
  12. 12SECTION II.
  13. 13RELATION
  14. 141. ABSOLUTE RELATION
  15. 152. CONTINUOUS RELATION
  16. 163. PARTIAL RELATION
  17. 174. GENERAL RELATION
  18. 18SECTION III.
  19. 19QUANTITY
  20. 201. SIMPLE QUANTITY
  21. 212. COMPARATIVE QUANTITY
  22. 221 QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A STANDARD
  23. 232 QUANTITY BY COMPARISON WITH A SIMILAR OBJECT
  24. 243 CHANGES IN QUANTITY
  25. 253. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY
  26. 264. CONCRETE QUANTITY
  27. 27SECTION IV.
  28. 28ORDER
  29. 291. ORDER IN GENERAL
  30. 302. CONSECUTIVE ORDER
  31. 313. COLLECTIVE ORDER
  32. 324. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER
  33. 335. ORDER AS REGARDS CATEGORIES
  34. 34SECTION V.
  35. 35NUMBER
  36. 361. NUMBER, IN THE ABSTRACT
  37. 372. DETERMINATE NUMBER
  38. 383. INDETERMINATE NUMBER
  39. 39SECTION VI.
  40. 40TIME
  41. 411. ABSOLUTE TIME
  42. 422. RELATIVE TIME
  43. 433. RECURRENT TIME
  44. 44SECTION VII.
  45. 45CHANGE
  46. 461. SIMPLE CHANGE
  47. 472. COMPLEX CHANGE
  48. 48SECTION VIII.
  49. 49CAUSATION
  50. 501. CONSTANCY OF SEQUENCE IN EVENTS
  51. 512. CONNECTION BETWEEN CAUSE AND EFFECT
  52. 523. POWER IN OPERATION
  53. 534. INDIRECT POWER
  54. 545. COMBINATIONS OF CAUSES
  55. 55CLASS II
  56. 56WORDS RELATING TO SPACE
  57. 57SECTION I.
  58. 58SPACE IN GENERAL
  59. 591. ABSTRACT SPACE
  60. 602. RELATIVE SPACE
  61. 613. EXISTENCE IN SPACE
  62. 62[U.S.].
  63. 63SECTION II.
  64. 64DIMENSIONS
  65. 651. GENERAL DIMENSIONS
  66. 662. LINEAR DIMENSIONS
  67. 673. CENTRICAL DIMENSIONS
  68. 68SECTION III.
  69. 69FORM
  70. 701. GENERAL FORM
  71. 712. SPECIAL FORM
  72. 723. SUPERFICIAL FORM
  73. 73[U.S.].
  74. 74SECTION IV.
  75. 75MOTION
  76. 761. MOTION IN GENERAL
  77. 772. DEGREES OF MOTION
  78. 783. MOTION CONJOINED WITH FORCE
  79. 794. MOTION WITH REFERENCE TO DIRECTION
  80. 80II],
  81. 81CLASS III
  82. 82WORDS RELATING TO MATTER
  83. 83SECTION I.
  84. 84MATTER IN GENERAL
  85. 85SECTION II.
  86. 86INORGANIC MATTER
  87. 871. SOLID MATTER
  88. 882. FLUID MATTER
  89. 893. IMPERFECT FLUIDS
  90. 90SECTION III.
  91. 91ORGANIC MATTER
  92. 921. VITALITY
  93. 932. SENSATION
  94. 94CLASS IV
  95. 95WORDS RELATING TO THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES
  96. 96DIVISION I
  97. 97FORMATION OF IDEAS
  98. 98SECTION I.
  99. 99OPERATIONS OF INTELLECT IN GENERAL
  100. 100SECTION II.
  101. 101PRECURSORY CONDITIONS AND OPERATIONS
  102. 102SECTION III.
  103. 103MATERIALS FOR REASONING
  104. 104SECTION IV.
  105. 105REASONING PROCESSES
  106. 106SECTION V.
  107. 107RESULTS OF REASONING
  108. 108SECTION VI
  109. 109EXTENSION OF THOUGHT
  110. 110SECTION VII.
  111. 111CREATIVE THOUGHT
  112. 112DIVISION II
  113. 113COMMUNICATION OF IDEAS
  114. 114SECTION I.
  115. 115NATURE OF IDEAS COMMUNICATED
  116. 116SECTION II.
  117. 117MODES OF COMMUNICATION
  118. 118SECTION III.
  119. 119MEANS OF COMMUNICATING IDEAS
  120. 1201. NATURAL MEANS
  121. 1212. CONVENTIONAL MEANS
  122. 122[U.S.].
  123. 123CLASS V
  124. 124WORDS RELATING TO THE VOLUNTARY POWERS
  125. 125DIVISION I
  126. 126INDIVIDUAL VOLITION
  127. 127SECTION I.
  128. 128VOLITION IN GENERAL
  129. 129SECTION II.
  130. 130PROSPECTIVE VOLITION
  131. 1311. CONCEPTIONAL VOLITION
  132. 132[U.S.].
  133. 1332. SUBSERVIENCE TO ENDS
  134. 134[U.S.].
  135. 135[U.S.].
  136. 1363. PRECURSORY MEASURES
  137. 137SECTION III.
  138. 138VOLUNTARY ACTION
  139. 139[U.S.].
  140. 140SECTION IV.
  141. 141ANTAGONISM
  142. 142SECTION V.
  143. 143RESULTS OF VOLUNTARY ACTION
  144. 144DIVISION II
  145. 145INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
  146. 146SECTION I.
  147. 147GENERAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
  148. 148FBI.
  149. 149SECTION II.
  150. 150SPECIAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
  151. 151SECTION III.
  152. 152CONDITIONAL INTERSOCIAL VOLITION
  153. 153SECTION IV.
  154. 154POSSESSIVE RELATIONS
  155. 155CLASS VI
  156. 156WORDS RELATING TO THE SENTIENT AND MORAL POWERS
  157. 157SECTION I.
  158. 158AFFECTIONS IN GENERAL
  159. 159SECTION II
  160. 160PERSONAL AFFECTIONS
  161. 1611. PASSIVE AFFECTIONS
  162. 1622. DISCRIMINATIVE AFFECTIONS
  163. 163[C.G.
  164. 1643. PROSPECTIVE AFFECTIONS
  165. 1654. CONTEMPLATIVE AFFECTIONS
  166. 1665. EXTRINSIC AFFECTIONS
  167. 167VIII].
  168. 168SECTION III.
  169. 169SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
  170. 1701. SOCIAL AFFECTIONS
  171. 1712. DIFFUSIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
  172. 1723. SPECIAL SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
  173. 1734. RETROSPECTIVE SYMPATHETIC AFFECTIONS
  174. 174SECTION IV.
  175. 175MORAL AFFECTIONS
  176. 1761. MORAL OBLIGATIONS
  177. 1772. MORAL SENTIMENTS
  178. 1783. MORAL CONDITIONS
  179. 179VI].
  180. 1804. MORAL PRACTICE
  181. 1815. MORAL INSTITUTIONS
  182. 182SECTION V.
  183. 183RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS
  184. 1841. SUPERHUMAN BEINGS AND REGIONS
  185. 1852. RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES
  186. 186Book of Mormon.
  187. 1873. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS
  188. 1884. ACTS OF RELIGION
  189. 1895. RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

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