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Roget's ThesaurusPeter Mark Roget

Roget's Thesaurus

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Original author: Peter Mark Roget

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"Roget's Thesaurus" by Peter Mark Roget is a reference work first published in 1852. Roget, a British physician and lexicographer, created this revolutionary system of verbal classification to help writers struggling with composition. Rather than arranging words alphabetically, his thesaurus organizes them into six primary classes with over a thousand meaning clusters, grouping words by semantic relationships and conceptual connections. Originally containing 15,000 words, the work has expanded through successive editions while maintaining Roget's foundational organizational system, becoming one of the most widely used English-language reference tools.

Roget's Thesaurus, by Peter Mark Roget. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #22.

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43 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter1,004 words
  2. 2.Section I: Existence1,155 words
  3. 3.Section II: Relation2,620 words
  4. 4.Section III: Quantity5,584 words
  5. 5.Section IV: Order4,278 words
  6. 6.Section V: Number2,256 words
  7. 7.Section VI: Time5,652 words
  8. 8.Section VII: Change2,351 words
  9. 9.Section VIII: Causation5,021 words
  10. 10.Section I: Space in General2,240 words
  11. 11.Section II: Dimensions6,574 words
  12. 12.Section III: Form3,157 words
  13. 13.Section IV: Motion9,351 words
  14. 14.Section I: Matter in General617 words
  15. 15.Section II: Inorganic Matter3,195 words
  16. 16.Section III: Organic Matter (1)8,506 words
  17. 17.Section III: Organic Matter (2)4,551 words
  18. 18.Section I: Operations of Intellect in General1,033 words
  19. 19.Section II: Precursory Conditions and Operations3,697 words
  20. 20.Section III: Materials for Reasoning2,007 words
  21. 21.Section IV: Reasoning Processes1,071 words
  22. 22.Section V: Results of Reasoning6,562 words
  1. 23.Section VI: Extension of Thought2,351 words
  2. 24.Section VII: Creative Thought665 words
  3. 25.Section I: Nature of Ideas Communicated1,322 words
  4. 26.Section II: Modes of Communication6,852 words
  5. 27.Section III: Means of Communicating Ideas7,162 words
  6. 28.Section I: Volition in General5,160 words
  7. 29.Section II: Prospective Volition1 (1)8,344 words
  8. 30.Section II: Prospective Volition1 (2)6,007 words
  9. 31.Section III: Voluntary Action6,401 words
  10. 32.Section IV: Antagonism7,506 words
  11. 33.Section V: Results of Voluntary Action2,786 words
  12. 34.Section I: General Intersocial Volition5,021 words
  13. 35.Section II: Special Intersocial Volition1,332 words
  14. 36.Section III: Conditional Intersocial Volition888 words
  15. 37.Section IV: Possessive Relations7,618 words
  16. 38.Section I: Affections in General2,543 words
  17. 39.Section II: Personal Affections1 (1)8,803 words
  18. 40.Section II: Personal Affections1 (2)8,506 words
  19. 41.Section III: Sympathetic Affections6,790 words
  20. 42.Section IV: Moral Affections10,267 words
  21. 43.Section V: Religious Affections3,658 words