Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok ( also spelled amuk, from the Malay meaning " mad with uncontrollable rage ") is a term for a killing spree perpetrated by an individual out of rage or resentment over perceived mistreatment.

Another, more basic meaning of fantasy is something which is not ' real ,' as in perceived explicitly by any of the senses, but exists as an imagined situation of object to subject.

In some languages, however, and are perceived by native speakers as different sounds, and substituting one for the other can change the meaning of a word ; this means that in those languages, the two sounds represent different phonemes.

Other terms with similar meaning are the quality of experience ( QoE ) subjective business concept, the required “ user perceived performance ”, the required “ degree of satisfaction of the user ” or the targeted “ number of happy customers ”.

In the rest of the English speaking world, welfare where still retains its original meaning of well being it is thus generally perceived as having positive connotations.

We are motivated to see a just world because this reduces our perceived threats, gives us a sense of security, helps us find meaning in difficult and unsettling circumstances, and benefits us psychologically.

The common characteristics are: ( 1 ) radical novelty ( features not previously observed in systems ); ( 2 ) coherence or correlation ( meaning integrated wholes that maintain themselves over some period of time ); ( 3 ) A global or macro " level " ( i. e. there is some property of " wholeness "); ( 4 ) it is the product of a dynamical process ( it evolves ); and ( 5 ) it is " ostensive " ( it can be perceived ).

Nonetheless, a form of speech known to linguists as General American is perceived by most Americans to be " accent-less ", meaning a person who speaks in such a manner does not appear to be from anywhere.

The term itself is derived from Ancient Greek roots, φῶς, φωτός / phos, photos meaning " light " and σφαῖρα / sphaira meaning " sphere ", in reference to the fact that it is a spheric surface perceived to emit light.

Dream interpretation was taken up as part of psychoanalysis at the end of the 19th century ; the perceived, manifest content of a dream is analyzed to reveal its latent meaning to the psyche of the dreamer.

In an absolute context, the word " integrity " conveys no meaning between people with differing definitions of absolute morality, and becomes nothing more than a vague assertion of perceived political correctness or popularity, similar to using terms such as " good " or " ethical " in a moralistic context.

The term " Torah Judaism " is a reaction to the perceived inappropriateness in the meaning of " Orthodox " ( from Greek, ' correct opinion '), as well as a conscious intent to label non-Orthodox Jewish movements as being divorced from the Torah.

Stereopsis ( from stereo-meaning " solid " or " three-dimensional ", and opsis meaning appearance or sight ) is the impression of depth that is perceived when a scene is viewed with both eyes by someone with normal binocular vision.

We are motivated to see a just world because this reduces our perceived threats, gives us a sense of security, helps us find meaning in difficult and unsettling circumstances, and benefits us psychologically.

For instance, Thomists make statements about undetectable essences of things, which by definition can never be sensed or perceived ; positivists regard such statements as without meaning.

This radically changed the meaning of the term: instead of being used in reference to an individual who opposes society, it came to refer to an individual whose non-conformism was perceived to be for the good of a society.

Such systems tend to be " one-way ", meaning external forces applied aerodynamically to the control surfaces are not perceived at the controls.

The ancient Hebrews perceived that there were poetical portions in their sacred texts, as shown by their entitling as songs or chants passages such as Exodus 15: 1-19 and Numbers 21: 17-20 ; a song or chant ( shir ) is, according to the primary meaning of the term, poetry.

Bishop described what he perceived as a lack of meaning in classical mathematics, a condition he described both as " schizophrenia " and a " debasement of meaning ", and expressed the sentiment in 1968 that its demise is " very possible ".

The complaint may be the loss of ad revenue or changing the perceived meaning through an unapproved context.

The film was criticised for its perceived pro-totalitarian subtext and ulterior meaning of triumph of security and stability over liberty and human rights.

This is an uncommonly used term meaning that " person should be perceived as being of equal worth.

he is questioning, also, every epistemology which stems from Hume's presupposition that experience is merely sense data in abstraction from causal efficacy, and that causal efficacy is something intellectually imputed to the world, not directly perceived.

This happens at the moment man loses the perception of moral substance in himself, of a nature that, in Maritain's words, is perceived as a `` locus of intelligible necessities ''.

Seemingly, order is perceived as a kind of subsistent entity now covered by adventitious accretions.

It is reasonable to affirm two propositions: Jews have been perceived by non-Jews as all things to all men ; ;

He knows that he is thinking about action in relation to a future which can be perceived but dimly through a merciful fog.

According to the theory proposed, this is a consequence of the severe condition of perceived threat that persists unabated for the anxious child in an ambiguous sort of school environment.

Critically invisible, modern revolt, like X-rays and radioactivity, is perceived only by its effects at more materialistic social levels, where it is called delinquency.

Recently, the use of herbal mouthwashes such as persica is increasing, due to the perceived discoloration effects and unpleasant taste of chlorhexidine.

As such, it is distinguished from fear, which is an appropriate cognitive and emotional response to a perceived threat.

Additionally, fear is related to the specific behaviors of escape and avoidance, whereas anxiety is related to situations perceived as uncontrollable or unavoidable.

While most everyone has an experience with anxiety at some point in their lives, as it is a common reaction to real or perceived threats of all kinds, most do not develop long-term problems with anxiety.

Individuals who survived to this, the latest and highest stage of evolutionary progress would be “ those in whom the power of self-preservation is the greatest — are the select of their generation .” Moreover, Spencer perceived governmental authority as borrowed from the people to perform the transitory aims of establishing social cohesion, insurance of rights, and security.

The figurative style of his large bronzes is perceived as an important precursor to the greater simplifications of Henry Moore and Alberto Giacometti, and his serene classicism set a standard for European ( and American ) figure sculpture until the end of World War II.

Dietary restrictions are not used by the highly urban Brazilian ayahuasca church União do Vegetal, suggesting the risk is much lower than perceived, and probably non-existent.

In his early works, Steiner sought to overcome what he perceived as the dualism of Cartesian idealism and Kantian subjectivism by developing Goethe's conception of the human being as a natural-supernatural entity, that is: natural in that humanity is a product of nature, supernatural in that through our conceptual powers we extend nature's realm, allowing it to achieve a reflective capacity in us as philosophy, art and science.

The speed of the rain perceived in a running car is increased as it hits the windscreen more heavily.

In this case there is a spread between the perceived value and real value, which can be extracted.

If substance is the highest category and there is no substance, being, then the unity perceived in all beings by virtue of their existing must be viewed in another way.

) Ironically, these sounds tend to be perceived as " weaker " or " lighter " than the vowels represented by un-umlauted u, o, and a, and thus in languages like German which use it normally, the umlaut does not evoke the impression of strength and darkness which its sensational use in English is intended to convey.

The blackness surrounding the central image does not indicate darkness, but rather a lack of perceived visual information.

As long as the modulation frequency is kept above the fusion threshold, the perceived intensity can be changed by changing the relative periods of light and darkness.

It was considered an outlaw clan until the end of the Destroyer War when the Emperess granted them Great Clan Status in what many Samurai perceived as a " deal with the darkness ".