agitprop (en)

political (originally communist) propaganda, especially in art or literature

anodyne (en)

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

antinomian (en)

(noun) one who rejects a socially established morality

aporia (en)

(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

aspic (en)

(noun) asp / (noun) a clear savory jelly (as of fish or meat stock) used as a garnish or to make a meat, fish, or vegetable mold

bombast (en)

(noun) pretentious inflated speech or writing

bulwark (en)

(noun) defensive wall

cathexis (en)

(psychoanalysis) the process of investment of mental or emotional energy in a person, object, or idea

chthonic (en)

(adjective) of or relating to the underworld; infernal

cosset (en)

(noun) a pet lamb / (noun) pet / (verb) to treat as a pet; pamper

coterie (en)

(noun) an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose

creative destruction (en)

the incessant product and process innovation mechanism by which new production units replace outdated ones; coined by Joseph Schumpeter in 1942 as "the essential fact about capitalism"

deracination (en)

(verb) uproot / (verb) to remove or separate from a native environment or culture / (verb) to remove the racial or ethnic characteristics or influences from

edifying (en)

(verb) build / (verb) establish / (verb) to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge; uplift / (verb) enlighten inform

elision (en)

(linguistics) the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking OR the act or an instance of omitting something

eschatology (en)

the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind

excoriating (en)

(verb) to wear off the skin of; abrade / (verb) to censure scathingly

fatuous (en)

(adjective) complacently or inanely foolish; silly

fetters (en)

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

Fordism (en)

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

Hegel's bondsman (en)

referring to a passage titled "Lordship and Bondage" in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, which describes the master-slave dialectic

hypostatisation (en)

regarding something abstract as a material thing (fallaciously); an effect of reification

immanence (en)

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

inimical (en)

(adj) hostile, obstructive

jejune (en)

(adjective) lacking nutritive value / devoid of significance or interest; dull / naive, simplistic, and superficial