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  2. Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    However, scholars have never agreed on a definition of the Enlightenment or on its chronological or geographical extent. Terms like les Lumières (French), illuminismo (Italian), ilustración (Spanish) and Aufklärung (German) referred to partly overlapping movements. Not until the late 19th century did English scholars agree they were talking ...

  3. Kinesics - Wikipedia

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    In a current application, kinesic behavior is sometimes used as signs of deception by interviewers looking for clusters of movements to determine the veracity of the statement being uttered, although kinesics can be equally applied in any context and type of setting to construe innocuous messages whose carriers are indolent or unable to express verbally.

  4. Ray Birdwhistell - Wikipedia

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    Ray L. Birdwhistell (September 29, 1918 – October 19, 1994) was an American anthropologist who founded kinesics as a field of inquiry and research. [1] Birdwhistell coined the term kinesics, meaning "facial expression, gestures, posture and gait, and visible arm and body movements". [2]

  5. Kinesis - Wikipedia

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    Kinesis may refer to: Kinesis (biology), a movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus; Kinesis (band), an alternative rock band from Bolton, England; Kinesis, a genus of earwigs; Kinesis (keyboard), a line of ergonomic computer keyboards; Kinesis (magazine), a magazine published by Vancouver Status of Women

  6. Kinesis (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Kinesis, like a taxis or tropism, is a movement or activity of a cell or an organism in response to a stimulus (such as gas exposure, light intensity or ambient temperature). Unlike taxis, the response to the stimulus provided is non-directional.

  7. The Stone Sky - Wikipedia

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    The Stone Sky is a 2017 science fantasy novel by American writer N. K. Jemisin.It was awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel, [2] [3] the Nebula Award for Best Novel, [4] and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel [5] in 2018.

  8. Candide - Wikipedia

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    Candide, ou l'Optimisme (/ k ɒ n ˈ d iː d / kon-DEED, [5] French: ⓘ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, [6] first published in 1759. . The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism (1947)

  9. Preference (economics) - Wikipedia

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    A simple example of a preference order over three goods, in which orange is preferred to a banana, but an apple is preferred to an orange. In economics, and in other social sciences, preference refers to an order by which an agent, while in search of an "optimal choice", ranks alternatives based on their respective utility.