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- Søren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855) : Søren Kierkegaard believed that religion had become too rational and mechanical. He believed that a relationship with God should be an intensely personal and a highly emotional experience, like a love affair. Taking the existence of God on faith makes God a living truth for a person; thus Kierkegaard contended that truth is subjectivity.
Spasticity refers to one of the three (3) forms of Cerebral palsy that is described as disordered control of movement often associated with tight muscles.
Speciesism is defined as the assumption of superiority of humans over other animal species, especially to justify their exploitation.
The term Specific determines words that give clues to true-false items; "all", "always", "never", and "none" indicate false statements, while some, sometimes, and may indicate true statements.
Specific Deterrence refers to a goal of criminal sentencing which seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in repeat c
Spectatoring refers to the experience in which a person feels unduly self -conscious during sexual activity, as if evaluating and monitoring his/her performance during the sexual encounter.
Moreover, Spectatoring means acting as an observer or judge of one’s own sexual performance.
Spectral cue is a term used in hearing that refers to the distribution of frequencies reaching the ear that are associated with specific locations of a sound. The differences in frequencies are caused by interaction of sound with the listener ’s head and pinnae.
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