by
Clare Hayes-Brady
(editor)
apophenia
(en)
the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things
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apophenia (Gibson's novel concerns a clip of video material which keeps cropping up on the cultural landscape, and where it comes from [...]) and apophenia is one of the truly interesting concepts
on Pattern Recognition
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apophenia (Gibson's novel concerns a clip of video material which keeps cropping up on the cultural landscape, and where it comes from [...]) and apophenia is one of the truly interesting concepts
on Pattern Recognition
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prolegomena
(en)
a critical or discursive introduction to a book (from Ancient Greek)
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with some traditional fiction it would not be necessary to offer these prolegomenas
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with some traditional fiction it would not be necessary to offer these prolegomenas
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valence
(en)
(chemistry) the combining power of an element. or like, aspect
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Wallace is equally attuned to the religious valence of the concept
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Wallace is equally attuned to the religious valence of the concept
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metaleptic
(en)
(from Greek) a figure of speech in which a word or a phrase from figurative speech is used in a new context
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it creates a space for the reader joining the other potentially metaleptic sentence in the short story
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it creates a space for the reader joining the other potentially metaleptic sentence in the short story
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couvade
(en)
(noun) a custom in some cultures in which when a child is born the father takes to bed as if bearing the child and submits himself to fasting, purification, or taboos
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Couvade, by extension, refers to a father who, on the birth of a child, [...]
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Couvade, by extension, refers to a father who, on the birth of a child, [...]
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adumbrate
(en)
report or represent in outline; foreshadow or symbolize
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the shared positioning adumbrated in "Think" proposes
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the shared positioning adumbrated in "Think" proposes
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variegated
(en)
(adj) exhibiting different colors, especially as irregular patches or streaks
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in some ways acts as a variegated redemption of
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in some ways acts as a variegated redemption of
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