| A | B |
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| anthropologist | a scientist specializing in the study of human physical, social, and cultural development |
| botanist | a scientist who studies plant life |
| capitalist | a person who favors capitalism or who invests in businesses |
| catechism | a question-and-answer summary of a doctrine |
| fatalism | a belief that all events are predetermined and unchangeable |
| hedonism | the belief in pleasure as the sole good |
| idealism | the practice of forming, believing in, and living by ideals |
| monotheism | the belief in one god |
| nationalism | loyalty and devotion to a nation |
| oculist | a medical doctor who specializes in diseases of the eye |
| optimist | a person who believes that all situations will be favorably resolved |
| philanthropist | benefactor; generous contributor |
| realist | one who is concerned with objective reality |
| skepticism | an attitude of doubt |
| socialist | one who advocates collective or governmental control of the production and distribution of goods |
