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Analytic network process
The analytic network process (ANP) is a multi-criteria decision-making method that structures decision factors into a network of dependent clusters and ranks alternatives from pairwise comparisons.
Analytic philosophy
Analytic philosophy: the English-language philosophical tradition founded by Frege, Moore, and Russell, marked by logical analysis, clarity, and argument, contrasted with continental philosophy.
Analytic–synthetic distinction
The analytic–synthetic distinction divides truths true by meaning alone (analytic) from truths also dependent on how the world is (synthetic). Rooted in Kant, reformulated by Frege, and challenged by Quine's 1951 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism'.
Analytical psychology
Analytical psychology, also called Jungian psychology, is Carl Jung's school of depth psychology, split from Freudian psychoanalysis; known for complexes, archetypes, individuation, and synchronicity, with strong evidence for complexes but contested archetype theory.
Analytical skill
Analytical skill: the capacity to break information into parts, examine relationships, and draw reasoned conclusions; distinguished from critical thinking and problem solving; teachable via metacognitive training and the 4C/ID model.
Anam (ruler of Uruk)
Anam, also written An-am, was a ruler of the Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the Old Babylonian period, known from a dedicatory inscription, two dated tablets, and a royal hymn.
Anam Ramanarayana Reddy
Anam Ramanarayana Reddy is an Indian politician of the Telugu Desam Party who serves as Andhra Pradesh's endowments minister and has sat in the state assembly for over four decades.
Anamarie Avila Farias
Anamarie Avila Farias is an American Democratic politician representing California's 15th Assembly district in the East Bay since December 2024, after serving on the Martinez City Council.
Anami Korechika
Anami Korechika (阿南惟幾, 1887–1945) was a Japanese army general who served as Minister of War in the Suzuki cabinet, advocated conditional surrender, and took his own life when Japan capitulated.
Anan ben David (anti-exilarch; founder of Karaism)
Anan ben David was an 8th-century Babylonian Jew of Davidic descent who composed the legal code Sefer ha-mitsvot and was later called the founder of Karaism.
Anan Ruckariyapong
Anan Ruckariyapong is a Thai business executive who started a snack company in 1973 that grew into Sappe, the beverage maker behind Mogu Mogu, sold in over 100 countries.
Anand Bhadauriya
Anand Bhadauriya, born in 1978 in Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, is an Indian Samajwadi Party politician elected to the Lok Sabha from the Dhaurahra constituency in the 2024 general election.
Anand Daniel
Anand Daniel is a partner at Accel's India practice who joined in 2010 after engineering and management roles at Intel, investing in startups including Swiggy, BlackBuck, Spinny, and Vedantu.
Anand Datta
Anand Datta is a venture capital investor and Partner at Nexus Venture Partners in Bengaluru, focusing on fintech, insuretech, and B2B companies after earlier operating and consulting roles.
Anand Dighe
Anand Dighe (Dharmaveer, 1951–2001) was Shiv Sena's Thane district chief, never contested elections, mentored Eknath Shinde, faced 1989 murder-conspiracy charges, and remains central to Sena faction politics.
Anand Giridharadas
Anand Giridharadas, American journalist and author of Winners Take All, The Persuaders, and Man in the Mirror; former New York Times India correspondent, MS NOW analyst, and publisher of the newsletter The.Ink.
Anand K.
Anand K. is an Indian healthcare executive who served as chief executive of SRL Diagnostics from 2020, leading its 2023 rebranding to Agilus Diagnostics, until stepping down in 2026.
Anand Karaj (ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ)
Anand Karaj (ਅਨੰਦ ਕਾਰਜ), the Sikh marriage ceremony of "blissful union," centers on four Laavan hymns by Guru Ram Das and circling the Guru Granth Sahib; legally validated in India by the Anand Marriage Act, 1909, amended 2012.
Anand Kumar (आनंद कुमार)
Anand Kumar (आनंद कुमार), born 1973 in Patna, is the Indian mathematics educator who founded Super 30 in 2002 with Abhayanand, coaching 30 poor students yearly free for the IIT entrance exam; Padma Shri 2023, subject of the film Super 30, and of 2018 fraud litigation.
Anand Kumar Gond
Anand Kumar Gond is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician, elected to the Lok Sabha from the Bahraich constituency of Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 general election.
Anand Lunia
Anand Lunia is an Indian venture capitalist, founding partner of Bengaluru-based seed fund India Quotient, launched in 2012, known for early bets on ShareChat and Sugar Cosmetics.
Anand Mahindra (आनंद गोपाल महिंद्रा)
Anand Mahindra (आनंद गोपाल महिंद्रा), born 1955, is an Indian industrialist who chairs the Mahindra Group, led development of the Scorpio SUV, and received the Padma Bhushan in 2020.
Anand Mishra
Anand Mishra (born 1989), former 2011-batch Assam cadre IPS officer known as the Singham of Assam, resigned in 2024, lost Buxar Lok Sabha 2024 as an Independent, joined the BJP in August 2025, and won the Buxar Bihar Assembly seat.
Anand Rajaraman
Anand Rajaraman is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who co-founded the comparison-shopping company Junglee, acquired by Amazon in 1998, and later Kosmix, Rocketship.vc, and Milliways Ventures.
Anand Ram Mukhlis
Anand Ram Mukhlis (آنند رام مخلص) was a Khatri courtier, secretary, poet, and historian of Mughal Delhi who died in 1751 and wrote in Persian under the pen name Mukhlis.
Anand Sahib
Anand Sahib (ਅਨੰਦ ਸਾਹਿਬ), the hymn of bliss, is a Sikh liturgical prayer of 40 stanzas composed by Guru Amar Das, recited to conclude ceremonies from birth to death.
Anand Satyanand
Sir Anand Satyanand (born 1944) is a New Zealand lawyer, judge, and ombudsman who served as the 19th Governor-General from 2006 to 2011, the first of Indian and Pacific ancestry.
Anand Subbaraj
Anand Subbaraj is a technology executive who leads Zuper, a field service management software company, as CEO since 2020 after 13 years at Microsoft, where he led Azure Data product work.
Ananda
Ananda (आनन्द), a first cousin of the Buddha, served as his personal attendant for 25 years and recited the Sutta Pitaka at the First Council after the Buddha's death.
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Ananda Coomaraswamy, also known as Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, was a Ceylonese-born geologist, art historian, and philosopher who pioneered the study of Indian art in the West.