anodyne (en)

(noun) a painkilling drug or medicine

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

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

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

pallid (en)

(adjective) deficient in color; wan / (adjective) lacking sparkle or liveliness; dull

rarefied (en)

(adjective) being less dense / (adjective) of, relating to, or interesting to a select group; esoteric / (adjective) very high / (verb) to make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand without the addition of matter / (verb) to make more spiritual, refined, or abstruse / (verb) to become less dense

reifying (en)

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

reifying (en)

make (something abstract) more concrete or real

sublation (en)

(verb) philosophy: to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis; assimilate (a smaller entity) into a larger one; used by Hegel

vicissitudes (en)

(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