helots
(en)
a subjugated population group that formed the main population of Laconia and Messenia, the territory controlled by Sparta (in Ancient Greece)
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you are placed beside us, helots of the intelligence, as our living reproof
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you are placed beside us, helots of the intelligence, as our living reproof
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pharisaism
(en)
(noun) the doctrines or practices of the Pharisees / (noun) pharisaical character, spirit, or attitude; hypocrisy
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there is a lay pharisaism in which I shall strive not to indulge
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there is a lay pharisaism in which I shall strive not to indulge
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encyclicals
(en)
(noun) an encyclical letter / (noun) a papal letter to the bishops of the church as a whole or to those in one country
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it was in the style of the encyclicals
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it was in the style of the encyclicals
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lathe
(en)
(noun) a machine in which work is rotated about a horizontal axis and shaped by a fixed tool / (verb) to cut or shape with a lathe
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there is no possible freedom for the man tied to his lathe all day
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there is no possible freedom for the man tied to his lathe all day
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dialectic
(en)
a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments
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that cynical dialectic which sets up injustice against enslavement while strengthening one by the other
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that cynical dialectic which sets up injustice against enslavement while strengthening one by the other
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inexpiably
(en)
(adjective) not capable of being atoned for / (adjective) implacable unappeasable
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condemned to inflicting the greatest possible pain on each other, inexpiably
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condemned to inflicting the greatest possible pain on each other, inexpiably
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Gorgon
(en)
(noun) any of three snake-haired sisters in Greek mythology whose appearance turns the beholder to stone / (noun) an ugly or repulsive woman
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So they wait, and one day the Gorgon devours them
thought it had something to do with Medusa but forgot the exact context
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So they wait, and one day the Gorgon devours them
thought it had something to do with Medusa but forgot the exact context
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fomenting
(en)
(verb) to promote the growth or development of; rouse incite
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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
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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
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autochthonous
(en)
(adjective) indigenous native / (adjective) formed or originating in the place where found
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The right of 1,200,000 autochthonous French people to exist
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The right of 1,200,000 autochthonous French people to exist
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Kadarization
(en)
a reference to Janos Kadar, a Hungarian communist leader who assumed power in 1956 with the putative support but not the trust of the Soviet Union (I think)
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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?
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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?
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