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 216 Polynyms
 161 Quadranyms
   3 Stories
   5 Tales
  44 Phrases
   2 Fables
   3 Polymaps 		  38 Philosophy
  37 Psychology
  26 Theology
  16 Education
   8 Sociology
   8 Metaphysics
   7 Biology 		  10 I Ching
   9 Jainism
   8 Buddha
   6 Charles Peirce
   4 Max Weber
   4 Hinduism
   3 Auguste Comte 		  97 scotty
  88 dane
  85 lori
  25 kemp
  21 davekud
  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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Polynym

SPEAR Survival Plan

Source
Filip Tkaczyk
Area
Survival
Mode
step
Depth
5
User
dane
Polynym
Three-phase traffic theory

traffic flow

Source
Boris Kerner
Area
Physics
Mode
step
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
http://sun-angel.c...

fascination

Source
James Westly
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
davekud
Polynym
https://www.thegra...

Writing Styles

Source
Common Terms
Area
Education
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
dane
Polynym
http://mayfieldcli...

brain

Source
Gray
Area
Anatomy
Mode
part
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Learning styles

learning

Source
Walter Burke Barbe
Area
Education
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Failure in the intelligence cycle

military intelligence

Area
Politics
Mode
step
Depth
6
User
scotty
Polynym
Heuristics in judgment and decision-making

heuristic

Source
Tversky/Kahneman
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
Sefirot

sephirah

Source
Kabbalah
Area
Metaphysics
Mode
step
Depth
10
User
scotty
Polynym
Erich Fromm

orientation

Source
Erich Fromm
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
5
User
scotty
Polynym
Guṇa

guna

Source
Hinduism
Area
Philosophy
Mode
type
Depth
3
User
scotty
Polynym
https://www.psycho...

love

Source
J.A. Lee
Area
Psychology
Mode
type
Depth
7
User
scotty
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