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 220 Polynyms
 154 Quadranyms
   3 Stories
   5 Tales
  40 Phrases
   2 Fables
   3 Polymaps 		  38 Philosophy
  37 Psychology
  26 Theology
  16 Education
   8 Sociology
   8 Metaphysics
   8 Biology 		  10 I Ching
   9 Jainism
   8 Buddha
   6 Charles Peirce
   4 Hinduism
   4 Max Weber
   3 Wu Xing 		  97 scotty
  88 dane
  85 lori
  25 davekud
  21 kemp
  20 Greggo

To help us think, we group and divide things.

Yin-Yang (2) and Freud's psyche (3) are idea sets, or polynyms.
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stress

Source
Janet Boyer
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Text types

writing

Area
Literature
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Authority (sociology)

authority

Source
Max Weber
Area
Sociology
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Learning styles

learning

Source
David A. Kolb
Area
Education
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Liberté, égalité, fraternité

revolution

Source
France
Area
Politics
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Astrological sign

star sign (cardinal)

Area
Astrology
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
kemp
Polynym
Loevinger's stages of ego development

ego development

Source
Jane Loevinger
Area
Psychology
Mode
step
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
Robert Plutchik

mood

Source
Plutchik
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
Bagua

natural disaster

Source
I Ching
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
8
User
scotty
Polynym
On the Fourfold Root of the Principle of Sufficient Reason

explanation

Source
Arthur Schopenhauer
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
4
User
scotty
Polynym
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

unalienable right

Source
US Constitution
Area
Sociology
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
The Four Elements of Architecture

architecture

Source
Gottfried Semper
Area
Anthropology
Mode
part
Depth
4
User
scotty
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