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adumbrate

That ex-boyfriend was Nick Land, who adumbrated, in a series of strange texts that blend the style of horror fiction with high theory, a view that became known as accelerationism

—p.171 How To Care: On Mark Fisher (167) by Phil Christman
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fideism

Our contest was not one between intellect and irrational fideism. I had to work hard to win because he had arguments, however uneven in quality

—p.154 How To Be Religious (II): Fundamentalism (137) by Phil Christman
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polysemous

Again, the polysemy of language gives rise to conspiracy theories

—p.152 How To Be Religious (II): Fundamentalism (137) by Phil Christman
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eisegesis

This is, bluntly, eisegesis—it is reading-in, placing a message into the text that simply isn’t there with an overlay of mysticism to give you plausible deniability about what you’re doing.

—p.149 How To Be Religious (II): Fundamentalism (137) by Phil Christman
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eisegesis

This is, bluntly, eisegesis—it is reading-in, placing a message into the text that simply isn’t there with an overlay of mysticism to give you plausible deniability about what you’re doing.

—p.149 How To Be Religious (II): Fundamentalism (137) by Phil Christman
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