Ricardian economics (en)

the economic theories of David Ricardo, an English political economist born in 1772 who made a fortune as a stockbroker and loan broker; influenced by Adam Smith and influenced Karl Marx; wrote about rent, the labour theory of value, and the theory of comparative advantage

rictus (en)

(noun) the gape of a bird's mouth / (noun) the mouth orifice / (noun) a gaping grin or grimace

rifacimento (en)

a recasting or adaptation especially of a literary work or musical composition

riparian (en)

(adjective) relating to or living or located on the bank of a natural watercourse (as a river) or sometimes of a lake or a tidewater / (noun) a right (as access to or use of the shore, bed, and water) of one owning riparian land

risible (en)

(adjective) capable of laughing / (adjective) disposed to laugh / (adjective) arousing or provoking laughter / (adjective) laughable / (adjective) associated with, relating to, or used in laughter

Roaring Seventies (en)

an unusual term (probably localised to anti-capitalist schools) to refer to the 1970's, characterised by high expectations of prosperity and freedom

roman à clef (fr)

a novel in which real people or events appear with invented names

Rortian relativism (en)

pertaining to the relativism allegedly espoused by American philosopher Richard Rorty, though he himself denies it

roughage (en)

fibrous indigestible material in vegetable foodstuffs that aids the passage of food and waste products through the gut

Rousseauian social pact (en)

relating to Jean Jacques Rousseau's book "The Social Contract", on the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society

roué (en)

(noun) a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; rake (from French)

rubato (en)

(noun) a fluctuation of tempo within a musical phrase often against a rhythmically steady accompaniment

rubicund (en)

(adj, especially of someone's face) having a ruddy complexion; high-colored

ruction (en)

(noun) a noisy fight / (noun) disturbance uproar

rugosity (en)

(adjective) full of wrinkles / (adjective) having the veinlets sunken and the spaces between elevated

ruminations (en)

a deep or considered thought about something OR the action of chewing the cud

rusticating (en)

go to, live in, or spend time in the country

rutilant (en)

(adjective) having a reddish glow

réserve héréditaire (fr)

a portion of one's inheritance that must be reserved for the children

sacerdotal (en)

(adjective) of or relating to priests or a priesthood; priestly / (adjective) of, relating to, or suggesting sacerdotalism

sachem (en)

(noun) (among some North American Indian peoples) a chief.

sacralizing (en)

imbue with or treat as having a sacred character or quality

sacristans (en)

(noun) a person in charge of the sacristy (a room in a church where a priest prepares for a service, and where ceremonial equipment are kept)

Sadeanism (en)

pertaining to the works or philosophy of the French novelist the Marquis de Sade

Safavis (en)

the Safavid dynasty: one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran, often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history (1501–1736)