pansophism (en)

universal wisdom or knowledge; omniscience; also known as "pansophy"

paphian (en)

(noun) prostitute / (noun) a native or inhabitant of Paphos / (adjective) of or relating to illicit love; wanton / (adjective) of or relating to Paphos or its people

pappus (en)

(noun) a downy, bristly, or other tuftlike appendage of the achene of certain plants (e.g., dandelions)

paradigmatic (en)

of or relating to a paradigm

paralalia (en)

a speech disorder marked by distortions of sounds or substitution of letters

parallipsis (en)

also spelled paralepsis and paralipsis; the rhetorical strategy of emphasizing a point by seeming to pass over it

parapraxes (en)

Freudian slip in Greek

parasagittal (en)

parallel to the sagittal plane (which divides the body into left and right halves)

paratactic (en)

(adj) relating to parataxis, a grammatical concept involving the placing of clauses or phrases one after another, without words to indicate coordination or subordination, as in "Tell me, how are you?"

paratext (en)

(noun) a concept in literary interpretation; the other material supplied by the author(s), editors, printers, and publishers, including front matter, back matter, footnotes, etc (the peritext) as well as the epitext (interviews, correspondence, diaries, etc); as defined by literary theorist Gérard Genette

pari passu (en)

(adverb or adjective) at an equal rate or pace

Paris Commune (en)

a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May 1871. Following the defeat of Emperor Napoleon III in September 1870, the French Second Empire collapsed, and the French Third Republic rose up in its place (initially intended as a provisional government but it ended up lasting until 1940) to continue the war with Prussia, which resulted in a 4-month-long siege of Paris (ending Jan 28), which laid the groundwork for the Commune

parliamentarism (en)

(as defined by Ralph Milliband) dogmatic devotion to the parliamentary system

parlor-pink (en)

related to the slang term "Pinko", which was coined in 1925 in the United States to describe a person regarded as being sympathetic to communism; often used, derogatorily, to describe anyone perceived to have leftist or socialist sympathies

parlous (en)

(adjective) full of danger or uncertainty; precarious

Parnassus (en)

(geographical name) mountain 8061 feet (2457 m) cen Greece N of Gulf of Corinth

parochial (en)

relating to a church parish; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope

parousia (grk)

(noun, ancient Greek) presence, arrival, or official visit

parricidal (en)

relating to the act of killing one's parent

pars pro toto (la)

part (taken) for the whole

participatory economics (en)

an economic system based on participatory decision making as the primary economic mechanism for allocating the factors of production and guidance of production in a society

particularist (en)

exclusive or special devotion to a particular interest; a political theory that each political group has a right to promote its own interests and especially independence without regard to the interests of larger groups

partis alimentaires (fr)

"eating parties"; refers to political parties created for the purpose of enriching their leaders, not to advance an ideology, specifically in the context of Africa in recent years (I think)

parturition (en)

(noun) the action or process of giving birth to offspring

parvenu (en)

(noun) one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it