eschatology
(en)
the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind
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Where innovation is a theory of rebirth, we can think of disruption as an eschatology: an economic theology of the end of things
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Where innovation is a theory of rebirth, we can think of disruption as an eschatology: an economic theology of the end of things
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scabrous
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(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid
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its idea of scabrous determination
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its idea of scabrous determination
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mien
(en)
(noun) air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality; demeanor / (noun) appearance aspect
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The sympathetic mien of "human capital"
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The sympathetic mien of "human capital"
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elision
(en)
(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something
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what is remarkable about the market-democracy metaphor is its elision of an obvious fact of literal marketplaces: they are by definition unequal
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what is remarkable about the market-democracy metaphor is its elision of an obvious fact of literal marketplaces: they are by definition unequal
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soporific
(en)
(adjective) causing or tending to cause sleep / (adjective) tending to dull awareness or alertness / (adjective) of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy / (noun) a soporific agent / (noun) hypnotic
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the soporific blandness of "solutions"
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the soporific blandness of "solutions"
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