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calisthenics
noun
1 calisthenics
The practice of calisthenic exercises:
— Calisthenics is recommended for general good health.
synonym: callisthenics.
Roget 537:
teaching
etc.
v.;
instruction;
edification;
education;
tuition;
tutorage,
tutelage;
direction,
guidance;
opsimathy†.
qualification,
preparation;
training,
schooling
etc.
v.;
discipline;
excitation.
drill,
practice;
book exercise.
persuasion,
proselytism,
propagandism†,
propaganda;
indoctrination,
inculcation,
inoculation;
advise
etc.
695.
explanation
etc.
(interpretation)
522;
lesson,
lecture,
sermon;
apologue†,
parable;
discourse,
prolection†,
preachment;
chalk talk;
Chautauqua [U.S.].
exercise,
task;
curriculum;
course,
course of study;
grammar,
three R's,
initiation,
A. B.C.,
etc.
(beginning)
66.
elementary education,
primary education,
secondary education,
technical education,
college education,
collegiate education,
military education,
university education,
liberal education,
classical education,
religious education,
denominational education,
moral education,
secular education;
propaedeutics†,
moral tuition.
gymnastics,
calisthenics;
physical drill,
physical education;
sloyd†.
[methods of teaching]
phonics;
rote,
rote memorization,
brute memory;
cooperative learning;
Montessori method,
ungraded classes.
[measuring degree of learning of pupils]
test,
examination,
exam;
final exam,
mid-term exam grade
[result of measurement of learning],
score,
marks;
A,B,C,D,E,F;
gentleman's C;
pass,
fail,
incomplete.
homework;
take-home lesson;
exercise for the student;
theme,
project.
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Roget 845:
beauty,
the beautiful,
to kalon [Gr.],
le beau ideal.
[Science of the perception of beauty]
aesthetics,
callaesthetics†.
[-beauty of people]
pulchritude,
form,
elegance,
grace,
beauty unadorned,
natural beauty;
symmetry
etc.
242;
comeliness,
fairness
etc.
adj.;
polish,
gloss;
good effect,
good looks;
belle tournure†;
trigness†;
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence;
sublimity,
sublimification†.
concinnity†,
delicacy,
refinement;
charm,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
style.
Venus,
Aphrodite†,
Hebe,
the Graces,
Peri,
Houri,
Cupid,
Apollo†,
Hyperion,
Adonis†,
Antionous†,
Narcissus.
peacock,
butterfly;
garden;
flower of,
pink of;
bijou;
jewel
etc.
(ornament)
847;
work of art.
flower,
flow'ret gay†;
[flowers: list]
wildflower;
rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup,
crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip,
tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium,
lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower.
pleasurableness
etc.
829.
beautifying;
landscaping,
landscape gardening;
decoration
etc.
847;
calisthenics†.
[person who is beautiful]
beauty;
hunk
(of men).
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2 calisthenics
Light exercises designed to promote general fitness:
— Several different calisthenics were illustrated in the video.
synonym: callisthenics.
Dutch: conditietraining
Moby thesaurus: athletics, breather, constitutional, daily dozen, drill, eurythmics, exercise, exercising, gymnastic exercises, gymnastics, isometrics, physical culture, physical education, physical jerks, practice, setting-up exercises, stretch, workout, yoga.
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