semioclasm
(en)
"sign breaking" or the defiling of the sacred status of signs (a term defined by Roland Barthes)
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no denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis, no semiology which cannot ultimately be acknowledged as a semioclasm
quoting Barthes from somewhere in Myth Today
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no denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis, no semiology which cannot ultimately be acknowledged as a semioclasm
quoting Barthes from somewhere in Myth Today
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flummery
(en)
(noun) a soft jelly or porridge made with flour or meal / (noun) any of several sweet desserts / (noun) mummery mumbo jumbo
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I detected an echo of good British common sense in the face of a bit too much Gallic flummery
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I detected an echo of good British common sense in the face of a bit too much Gallic flummery
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pusillanimity
(en)
(noun) the quality or state of being pusillanimous; cowardliness
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all of Thauvin's actions, his treachers, his cruelties, his pusillanimities
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all of Thauvin's actions, his treachers, his cruelties, his pusillanimities
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diacritical
(en)
(adjective) distinctive, capable of distinguishing; (of a mark or sign) serving to indicate different pronunciations of a letter above or below which it is written
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Wrestling is a sort of diacritical writing
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Wrestling is a sort of diacritical writing
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immanence
(en)
philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
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What is involved, then, of course, is an immanent justice.
of "payback" in wrestling
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What is involved, then, of course, is an immanent justice.
of "payback" in wrestling
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charivari
(fr)
(noun) a folk custom in which the community gives a noisy, discordant mock serenade, frequently with pounding on pots and pans, also known as rough music
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Certain fights, and the most successful ones, are crowned with a final charivari, a kind of frenzied fantasia
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Certain fights, and the most successful ones, are crowned with a final charivari, a kind of frenzied fantasia
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logorrhoea
(en)
a tendency to extreme loquacity
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The second advantage of this logorrhea is that by its imperative character it passes quite naturally for the writer's very essence.
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The second advantage of this logorrhea is that by its imperative character it passes quite naturally for the writer's very essence.
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empyrean
(en)
(adjective) empyreal / (noun) the highest heaven or heavenly sphere in ancient and medieval cosmology usually consisting of fire or light / (noun) the true and ultimate heavenly paradise / (noun) firmament heavens / (noun) an ideal place or state
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the man of letters quickly returns to the empyrean he shares with the professionals of the vocation
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the man of letters quickly returns to the empyrean he shares with the professionals of the vocation
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laicize
(en)
(verb) to reduce to lay status / (verb) to put under the direction of or open to the laity
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this mythic character of our kings is nowaday laicized
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this mythic character of our kings is nowaday laicized
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antiphrasis
(en)
(noun) the usually ironic or humorous use of words in senses opposite to the generally accepted meanings (as in “this giant of 3 feet 4 inches”)
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All such things inform us, by antiphrasis, about a certain ideal nature of everyday life
on the wondrous way in which the press recounts the quotidian behaviour of the royals on the cruise
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All such things inform us, by antiphrasis, about a certain ideal nature of everyday life
on the wondrous way in which the press recounts the quotidian behaviour of the royals on the cruise
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8 years ago