adjudication (en)

(noun) a judicial decision or sentence / (noun) a decree in bankruptcy / (verb) to settle judicially / (verb) to act as judge

belie (en)

(verb) to give a false impression of / (verb) to present an appearance not in agreement with / (verb) to show (something) to be false or wrong / (verb) to run counter to; contradict / (verb) disguise

comport (en)

(verb) to be fitting; accord / (verb) behave / (verb) to behave in a manner conformable to what is right, proper, or expected / (noun) compote

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

financialization (en)

the process whereby the financial industry becomes more prominent

hegemony (en)

(noun) preponderant influence or authority over others; domination / (noun) the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group

lib-lab (en)

(British politics) a Lib–Lab pact; a working arrangement between the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Liberal Party) and the Labour Party

Long Telegram (en)

an 8,000-word telegram from George Kennan, an American official in the Moscow embassy, responding to a request from the State Department for an analysis of the Soviet position; Feb 1946.

master signifier (en)

a Lacanian term (following the linguistics of Saussure); really just another signifier (i.e., something that organises discursive structures) but one which stops the slippage of the signified under the signifier and fixes meaning, thereby forming a stable symbolic order. i don't really know tbh. a platonic ideal of a concept like "freedom" or "health"?

neoliberalism (en)

the postulate that markets are organised most effectively by private enterprise and that the private pursuit of accumulation will generate the most common good; accomplished by opening international markets and financial networks, and downsizing the welfare state

obverse (en)

the opposite or counterpart of a fact or truth; the side of a coin or medal bearing the head or principal design

ordoliberal (en)

the German variant of social liberalism that emphasizes the need for the state to ensure that the free market produces results close to its theoretical potential

panegyric (en)

(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise

serried (en)

(adjective) crowded or pressed together; compact / (adjective) marked by ridges; serrate / (verb) to press together especially in ranks / (verb) to crowd together

stagflation (en)

(stagnation + inflation) when inflation is high, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high

tendentious (en)

(adjective) marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view; biased

trammeled (en)

(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine

Truman Doctrine (en)

an American foreign policy created to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War; announced March 12, 1947 and further developed on July 12, 1948 when Truman pledged to contain Soviet threats to Greece and Turkey

world-systems theory (en)

multidisciplinary, macro-scale approach to world history and social change which emphasizes the world-system (and not nation states) as the primary (but not exclusive) unit of social analysis; pioneered by Immanuel Wallerstein in 1974

Émile Durkheim (en)

a French sociologist (1858-1917) who formally established the academic discipline and—with Karl Marx and Max Weber—is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science

Émile Durkheim (en)

a French sociologist (1858-1917) who formally established the academic discipline and—with Karl Marx and Max Weber—is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science