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(noun) an expression of real or pretended doubt or uncertainty especially for rhetorical effect / (noun) a logical impasse or contradiction / (noun) a radical contradiction in the import of a text or theory that is seen in deconstruction as inevitable

philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world

just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary

unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

intervened with, through an intermediary

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

(verb) to divert the expression of (an instinctual desire or impulse) from its unacceptable form to one that is considered more socially or culturally acceptable

the philosophical attempt to describe things in terms of their apparent intrinsic purpose, directive principle, or goal, irrespective of human use or opinion

(noun) a change or variation occurring in the course of something; successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs