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This is a personal project by @dellsystem. I built this to help me retain information from the books I'm reading.

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edifying
Resistance, Rebellion and Death: Essays

there is room for nothing in Stalinist culture except for edifying sermons, colorless life, and the catechism of propaganda

—p.164 Kadar Had His Day of Fear (157) by Albert Camus
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Kadarization

the risk of an encircling that would lead to the Kadarization of Europe

I think in this case it means all of Europe would become a Soviet Union puppet state?

—p.148 Algeria 1958 (143) by Albert Camus
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autochthonous

The right of 1,200,000 autochthonous French people to exist

—p.147 Algeria 1958 (143) by Albert Camus
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fomenting

fomenting trouble in the Middle East

one of those words that I think I know the definition of but never actually bothered to look up

—p.146 Algeria 1958 (143) by Albert Camus
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Gorgon

So they wait, and one day the Gorgon devours them

thought it had something to do with Medusa but forgot the exact context

—p.141 Appeal for a Civilian Truce (131) by Albert Camus
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