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Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and PhrasesPeter Mark Roget

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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"Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases" by Peter Mark Roget is a thesaurus first created in 1805 and published in 1852. This groundbreaking reference work organizes words not alphabetically but through a unique classification system of six primary classes, with branches for meaning clusters and semantically linked terms. Rather than simple synonyms, it presents words as shades of meaning within conceptual spectrums. The original edition contained 15,000 words; modern editions now include over 443,000, maintaining Roget's original organizational framework while expanding to reflect contemporary language.

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, by Peter Mark Roget. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #10681.

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43 Chapters

  1. 1.Section I: Existence1,227 words
  2. 2.Section II: Relation2,737 words
  3. 3.Section III: Quantity5,815 words
  4. 4.Section IV: Order4,453 words
  5. 5.Section V: Number2,357 words
  6. 6.Section VI: Time5,890 words
  7. 7.Section VII: Change2,392 words
  8. 8.Section VIII: Causation5,182 words
  9. 9.Section I: Space in General2,310 words
  10. 10.Section II: Dimensions6,958 words
  11. 11.Section III: Form3,243 words
  12. 12.Section IV: Motion9,669 words
  13. 13.Section I: Matter in General629 words
  14. 14.Section II: Inorganic Matter3,441 words
  15. 15.Section III: Organic Matter (1)8,769 words
  16. 16.Section III: Organic Matter (2)5,030 words
  17. 17.Section I: Operations of Intellect in General1,104 words
  18. 18.Section II: Precursory Conditions and Operations3,789 words
  19. 19.Section III2,105 words
  20. 20.Section IV: Reasoning Processes1,095 words
  21. 21.Section V: Results of Reasoning6,790 words
  22. 22.Section VI2,417 words
  1. 23.Section VII: Creative Thought692 words
  2. 24.Section I: Nature of Ideas Communicated1,385 words
  3. 25.Section II: Modes of Communication7,093 words
  4. 26.Section III: Means of Communicating Ideas7,459 words
  5. 27.Section I: Volition in General5,347 words
  6. 28.Section II: Prospective Volition (1)8,666 words
  7. 29.Section II: Prospective Volition (2)6,274 words
  8. 30.Section III: Voluntary Action6,612 words
  9. 31.Section IV: Antagonism7,765 words
  10. 32.Section V: Results of Voluntary Action2,847 words
  11. 33.Section I: General Intersocial Volition5,246 words
  12. 34.Section II: Special Intersocial Volition1,361 words
  13. 35.Section III: Conditional Intersocial Volition973 words
  14. 36.Section IV: Possessive Relations8,152 words
  15. 37.Section I: Affections in General2,584 words
  16. 38.Section II: Personal Affections (1)8,920 words
  17. 39.Section II: Personal Affections (2)8,831 words
  18. 40.Section II: Personal Affections (3)309 words
  19. 41.Section III: Sympathetic Affections7,068 words
  20. 42.Section IV: Moral Affections10,875 words
  21. 43.Section V: Religious Affections3,771 words