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