by
n+1
(editor)
n+1 Issue 28: Half-Life
n+1 Issue 28: Half-Life
by
n+1
(editor)
by
n+1
(editor)
n+1 Issue 28: Half-Life
by
n+1
(editor)
by
n+1
(editor)
cavalcade
(en)
a formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles
112
Other animals don’t require a whole cavalcade of concepts to warn them away from creatures that want to eat them
notable
5 years ago
Other animals don’t require a whole cavalcade of concepts to warn them away from creatures that want to eat them
notable
5 years ago
locution
(en)
(noun) a particular form of expression or a peculiarity of phrasing / (noun) a word or expression characteristic of a region, group, or cultural level / (noun) style of discourse; phraseology
119
his arch locution is a latter-day fillip
confirm
5 years ago
his arch locution is a latter-day fillip
confirm
5 years ago
liminal
(en)
ambiguous; occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold
119
the wolf in this story is a liminal figure, an embodiment of some occult state in which binary conditions are impossibly, gruesomely conflated.
notable
5 years ago
the wolf in this story is a liminal figure, an embodiment of some occult state in which binary conditions are impossibly, gruesomely conflated.
notable
5 years ago
lugubrious
(en)
(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal
147
Right up to the unsatisfying, to-be-continued ending, the film’s lugubrious quality marks Hell or High Water as an example of grievance cinema
strange
5 years ago
Right up to the unsatisfying, to-be-continued ending, the film’s lugubrious quality marks Hell or High Water as an example of grievance cinema
strange
5 years ago
abjure
(en)
(verb) to renounce upon oath / (verb) to reject solemnly / (verb) to abstain from; avoid
149
What’s less well understood is why so many others took the opportunity to abjure some of Marxism’s most hallowed principles
notable
5 years ago
What’s less well understood is why so many others took the opportunity to abjure some of Marxism’s most hallowed principles
notable
5 years ago
insuperable
(en)
(adjective) incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
162
the new picture of an insuperably fractured proletariat ignores the ways in which the working class is still unified and meaningful
notable
5 years ago
the new picture of an insuperably fractured proletariat ignores the ways in which the working class is still unified and meaningful
notable
5 years ago
chiliastic
(en)
(adj) another term for millenarian (the religious doctrine of a thousand-year period of peace and prosperity)
162
the most exciting part of Marxism, the quality setting it apart from religious chiliasm or existential rebellion.
on the abolition of capital
confirm
5 years ago
the most exciting part of Marxism, the quality setting it apart from religious chiliasm or existential rebellion.
on the abolition of capital
confirm
5 years ago