lacuna (en)

an unfilled space; a gap (plural: lacunae)

late capitalism (en)

a term used by neo-Marxists to refer to capitalism from about 1945 onwards, with the implication that it is a historically limited stage rather than a permanent

liebestod (de)

(literary term) erotic death or "love death" meaning the two lovers' consummation of their love in death or after death

liminal (en)

ambiguous; occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold

limn (en)

(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light

logorrhoea (en)

a tendency to extreme loquacity

metastable (en)

a term used by Sartre to refer to the state in which one is unable to take themselves or anything else seriously because of their acute awareness that they and the world are mediated by language

obviate (en)

(verb) to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)

onomastic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or consisting of a name or names

parallipsis (en)

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

parallipsis (en)

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

prelapsarian (en)

(adjective) characteristic of or belonging to the time or state before the fall of humankind

protean (en)

(adjective) of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms / (adjective) displaying great diversity or variety; versatile

schizoaffective (en)

a mental disorder in which a person experiences a combination of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania

sequor ad absurdum (la)

follow to absurdity

sine qua non (la)

something that is absolutely needed

skeletal narrative (en)

destabilising a narrative by means of elements embedded within the narrative itself

skeletal narrative (en)

destabilising a narrative by means of elements embedded within the narrative itself

skeletal narrative (en)

destabilising a narrative by means of elements embedded within the narrative itself

soporific (en)

(adjective) causing or tending to cause sleep / (adjective) tending to dull awareness or alertness / (adjective) of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy / (noun) a soporific agent / (noun) hypnotic

soporific (en)

(adjective) causing or tending to cause sleep / (adjective) tending to dull awareness or alertness / (adjective) of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy / (noun) a soporific agent / (noun) hypnotic

sous rature (fr)

under erasure: a strategic philosophical device originally developed by Martin Heidegger; involves the crossing out of a word within a text, but allowing it to remain legible and in place; used extensively by Jacques Derrida in his philosophy of deconstruction to signify that a word is "inadequate yet necessary

sui generis (en)

(adjective) constituting a class alone; unique peculiar

syllogistic (en)

(noun) a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in “every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable”) / (noun) a subtle, specious, or crafty argument / (noun) deductive reasoning

sylvanshine (en)

an optical phenomenon in which dew-covered trees of species whose leaves are wax-covered retroreflect beams of light