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Positive principle
Answer for the clue "Positive principle ", 4 letters:
yang
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Word definitions for yang in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence" [ant: yin ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
yang \yang\, n. (Chinese philosophy) one of the two fundamental principles. See yin and yang .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (label en philosophy) A principle in Chinese and related East Asian philosophies associated with bright, hot, masculine, etc. elements of the natural world. Etymology 2 n. The currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902, divided 100 pun. Etymology ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
masculine or positive principle in Chinese philosophy, 1670s, from Mandarin yang , said to mean "male, daylight, solar," or "sun, positive, male genitals."
Usage examples of yang.
Yang was responsible for the crimes of the Sui Dynasty and allowed the Ancestress to retire in luxury.
The next turn around, Yang has worked his way up into the pack of Chinese, and it is little Bling who is bringing up the rear, looking as disheveled as ever in a U of Beijing track singlet, his number on upside down.
They occupied the center of the throne room, for Quong Yang and Chun Laro had rolled to a spot beyond the dragon seat.
There was a suspicion that this Fid had poisoned Yang, for his talent related to alchemy, and he could make potions do sinister things.
Yang or some other abode of disembodied spirits--you, who come for mischief and pay harbourage with mischance--is it likely you could eat wholesome food?
But the Chi forces rallied around their chieftain, and Yang Huo fled to Key with most of the national treasury.
But everyone agrees that both Yang Huo and the warden of Pi tried to enlist the services of Confucius.
But nothing came of any of this because Yang Huo and the warden never joined forces.
It was reported that both Yang Huo and the warden of Pi were to be seen fighting in the Key army against their own countrymen.
Yang recognized Iota of the Federation Defense Council, head of the specialized intelligence planning section.
Wallace sneaks back into Medlab to try to steal the evidence linking Khatib to Yang.
Ship Commander Sun Yang broke into the room, the door slamming against the bulkhead, the tilt of the ship keeping the door from latching open, as Yang stared at Chu.
Shong Lue Yang, a messianic Hmong leader who was not previously literate in any language.
But when he heard the cheering and saw the waving crowd up the hill, Yang had slackened his stride to allow Zhoa to run on ahead.
In place of the Yang Diamond sat a polyglot, polyfunctional melange of industries, the Hong Kong of the 26th century.