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Arbitrariness refers to the fact that a word is not inherently related to the concept it represents. Arbitrariness is a feature of language in which there is no direct resemblance between words and their referents.

Arbitrary rightness which is exemplified when issues arise that have no clear solution one way or the other, and a person arbitrarily chooses one solution, thereby ending debate.

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Arbitration refers to the resolution of a conflict by a neutral third party who studies both sides and imposes a settlement. It is a form of Negotiation to resolve differences conducted by some impartial party.

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Arborization refers to the sprouting and branching of dendrites during brain development.

Archetype refers to a universal idea, image, or pattern, found in the collective unconscious. Archetypes are ancient images that Carl Jung believed we are born with and influenced by. According to Jung, Archetype is an inherited predisposition to respond emotionally to certain categories of experience. Moreover, Archetypes are primordial images that predispose human beings to comprehend the world in a particular manner.

Archetypes refers to universal, symbolic images that appear in myths, art, stories, and dreams; to Jungians, they reflect the collective unconscious.

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Architectural Acoustics refers to the study of how sounds are reflected in rooms. An important concern of Architectural Acoustics is how these reflected sounds change the quality of the sounds we hear.

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Architectural Constraints (or Architectural Innateness) refer to ways in which the architecture of the brain is organized at birth; the type and manner in which information can be processed by the brain.

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