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  • 11Constitution of Finland — Finland This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Finland …

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  • 12logic — logicless, adj. /loj ik/, n. 1. the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference. 2. a particular method of reasoning or argumentation: We were unable to follow his logic. 3. the system or principles of… …

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  • 13que — 1. que [ kə ] conj. • Xe; lat. médiév. que, forme affaiblie de qui, simplification de quia, employé en bas lat. au sens de quod « le fait que; que » 1 ♦ Introd. une complétive (à l indic. ou au subj. suivant le v. de la principale, ou la nuance à …

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  • 14critical — [adj1] fault finding, detracting analytical, belittling, biting, calumniatory, captious, carping, caviling, cavillous, censorious, censuring, choleric, condemning, critic, cutting, cynical, demanding, demeaning, derogatory, diagnostic,… …

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  • 15All but — But But (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out};… …

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  • 16But — (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out}; cf.… …

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  • 17But and if — But But (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out};… …

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  • 18But if — But But (b[u^]t), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b[=u]tan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be + [=u]tan outward, without, fr. [=u]t out. Primarily, b[=u]tan, as well as [=u]t, is an adverb. [root]198. See {By}, {Out};… …

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  • 19Unexceptive — Un ex*cept ive, a. Not exceptive; not including, admitting, or being, an exception. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 20except — I. preposition also excepting Date: 14th century with the exclusion or exception of < daily except Sundays > II. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French excepter, from Latin exceptare, frequentative of excipere to take out, except, from …

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