apotropaic (en)

(adjective) designed to avert evil

bifid (en)

(adjective) divided into two equal lobes or parts by a median cleft

codicil (en)

(noun) a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will / (noun) appendix supplement

crepuscular (en)

(adj) of, resembling, or relating to twilight

eschatology (en)

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

eschatology (en)

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

eschatology (en)

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

exegesis (en)

(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, particularly a religious text

exordium (en)

(noun) a beginning or introduction especially to a discourse or composition

expiate (en)

atone for (guilt or sin)

Hegel's bondsman (en)

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

inexpiably (en)

(adjective) not capable of being atoned for / (adjective) implacable unappeasable

ipseity (en)

selfhood; individual identity (from Latin "ipse" for self)

lacuna (en)

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

penumbra (en)

the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object

perestroika (en)

a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s, associated with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and his glasnost ("openness") policy reform

perfidy (en)

(noun) deceitfulness; untrustworthiness

propaedeutic (en)

(noun) preparatory study or instruction (from Greek)

sententia (en)

a brief moral saying taken from ancient or popular or other sources, often quoted without context; as an adjective, means either given to aphoristic expression, or just referring to an aphoristic expression. or: 'in a way that tries to sound important or intelligent, especially by expressing moral judgements'

telos (en)

(noun) an ultimate end (from Greek)

thymotic (en)

related to the thymos: that area of the soul where feelings of pride, indignation, shame etc are located (in Platonic philosophy)

unheimlich (de)

uncanny (used by Freud)