The Dozens Dictionary

Do•deca•nym: A definition of a difficult concept composed of a dozen one-syllable words. Or, you might say, “When you say a thought in twelve words of one sound each.”

AGNOSTICISM
No one can know if there is or is not a God.

BUDDHISM
We want; life is pain. The right path is to not want.

CHRISTIANITY
God’s son, Christ, died on the cross to pay for our sins.

COGITO ERGO SUM
If I doubt I am, then I am; or else who doubts?

DECONSTRUCTIONISM
Words are made up of more words; no truth is in them.

EXISTENTIALISM
We are free, but that means we have no one to blame.

GÖDEL'S INCOMPLETENESS THEOREM
There are true things in math for which there is no proof.

HEISENBERG’S UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
You can know where it moves or how fast, but not both.

INVISIBLE HAND
To act for your own good tends to do good for all.

KARMA
How you live one life will change your fate in the next.

MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
The way you say it means as much as what you say.

MEIOSIS
A cell splits, and four new cells each have half its genes.

MORMONISM
"As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be."

PATHETIC FALLACY
When you say a thing can think and feel like a man.

SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY
As you move close to the speed of light, time slows down.

STOICISM
If you feel no pain and no joy, you will be wise.

THEODICY
When you say why the world is bad if God is good.

TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS
If each thinks just of his own needs, then all will lose.

ZERO-SUM GAME
A game where one side will lose as much as one wins.