abjure (en)

(verb) to renounce upon oath / (verb) to reject solemnly / (verb) to abstain from; avoid

adjudication (en)

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

apogee (en)

(noun) the point in the orbit of an object (as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth / (noun) the point farthest from a planet or a satellite (as the moon) reached by an object orbiting it / (noun) the farthest or highest point; culmination

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

bricolage (en)

(noun) construction (as of a sculpture or a structure of ideas) achieved by using whatever comes to hand / (noun) something constructed in this way

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

expropriation (en)

(noun) the action of the state in taking or modifying the property rights of an individual in the exercise of its sovereignty; differs from eminent domain in that it can also refer to private property taken by a private entity authorised by the government

fetters (en)

a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles

fiat (en)

(noun) an authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree

Fordism (en)

the use in manufacturing industry of the methods pioneered by Henry Ford, typified by large-scale mechanized mass production

fractious (en)

difficult to control; unruly; irritable and quarrelsome

Hayekian (en)

pertaining to the economic theories of Friedrich Hayek, an Austrian and British economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism

hegemony (en)

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

hegemony (en)

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

hegemony (en)

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

horizontalism (en)

a social relationship that advocates the creation, development, and maintenance of social structures for the equitable distribution of management power (part of anarchist theory)

immanence (en)

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

lacuna (en)

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

localism (en)

a range of political philosophies which prioritize the local (production and consumption of goods, government, history, culture, etc)

mediated (en)

intervened with, through an intermediary

Mont Pelerin Society (en)

an economic think tank espousing neoliberalism (Milton Friedman, Hayek, etc); founded in 1947

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

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

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