Other terms

Question 1

Irony

Answer 1

the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

Question 2

Connotation

Answer 2

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Question 3

Superstition

Answer 3

excessively credulous belief in and reverence for supernatural beings.

Question 4

Rationalism

Answer 4

a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response.

Question 5

Fallacies

Answer 5

a mistaken belief, esp. one based on unsound argument.

Question 6

Paternity

Answer 6

Finding a pattern

Question 7

empiricism

Answer 7

the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume.